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[PhilT]

I'm new here, seeking some wisdom. Just enrolled in an LXX class on 1 Samuel. I have Rahlf's text of the LXX, both tagged and untagged (course requirement). What I would like to know, is: is there an apparatus available for the Rahlf's text. If not, is there one on the net freely available? How do the Sweete and Cambridge apparati compare with the Rahlf's apparati? Thanks for your assistance

Leaving you in God's Care and Grace

PhilT

[Helen Brown]

Welcome to Accordance, Phil.

We hope to offer Rahlf's apparatus, still working with the German Bible Society on that. Swete apparatus is rather basic but covers the entire LXX. Cambridge is much more in depth, but was never completed, and we don't yet have all that there is. Here is the description from the website:

The Larger Cambridge Septuagint is an older critical edition begun in 1906 and edited by Alan E. Brooke, Norman McLean, and Henry St John Thackeray. The text is a diplomatic text, reproducing Codex Vaticanus with a critical apparatus of variant readings from other manuscripts. The series is incomplete since publication ceased in 1940 after completion of Genesis through Esther together with 1 Esdras, Judith, and Tobit. Like the Göttingen Septuagint there are two apparatuses, for the Greek text and for hexaplaric variants.

The Accordance module currently covers Volumes I and II. This includes Genesis to Ruth, 1-4 Kingdoms, 1-2 Chronicles, 1Esdras, Ezra, and Nehemiah. It can conveniently be used together with the morphologically tagged Swete text. Additional books will be included in the future.

So it will include your 1Samuel and would probably be a good choice for you.