Alfred Rahlfs' edition of the Septuagint

Septuaginta: id est Vetus Testamentum Graece iuxta LXX interpretes
1935 original edition of the 2 volumes of Alfred Rahlfs' edition of the Septuagint
LanguageKoine Greek
Published1935
Publication placeGermany

Alfred Rahlfs' edition of the Septuagint, sometimes called Rahlfs' Septuagint or Rahlfs' Septuaginta, is a critical edition of the Septuagint published for the first time in 1935 by the German philologist Alfred Rahlfs.[1] This edition is the most widely spread edition of the Septuagint.[2]

The full title of this edition is: Septuaginta: id est Vetus Testamentum Graece iuxta LXX interpretes; this edition was first published in 1935, in 2 volumes, by the Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, in Stuttgart.[3][4] Many reprints were made later.[3]

The name of the 2006 revision is known as the Rahlfs-Hanhart, after the revisor Robert Hanhart.

  1. ^ "Die Septuaginta-Ausgabe von A. Rahlfs und ihre Geschichte :: bibelwissenschaft.de". www.bibelwissenschaft.de. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  2. ^ Bady, Guillaume (2011). "Rahlfs ou Göttingen : quelle édition choisir pour Biblindex ?". Biblindex (in French). doi:10.58079/lymj. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b Rahlfs, Alfred; Bibelanstalt, Privilegierte Württembergische (1935). Septuaginta : id est, Vetus Testamentum graece iuxta LXX interpretes (in German). Stuttgart : Privilegierte wurttembergische Bibelanstalt.
  4. ^ Goguel, Maurice (1936). "Septuaginta id est Vetus Testamentum græce juxta LXX interpretes, edidit Alfred Rahlfs, Stuttgart, Privil. Wurt. Bibelanstalt, 1935". Revue d'Histoire et de Philosophie religieuses (in French). 16 (1): 77–79 – via Persée.