Henry Barclay Swete (1835 1917) published An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek in 1900 as a manual to accompany his three-volume edition of the Septuagint (1887 1894) and to provide a guide through the vast corpus of Septuagint literature. Part 1 covers the textual history of the Septuagint, providing an in-depth analysis of its complex tradition, surveying the most important Greek witnesses and the earliest versions. Part 2 discusses the Alexandrian manuscript tradition, and covers the order and grouping of books, titles, comparison with the Hebrew Canon, and the textual divisions...

Henry Barclay Swete (1835-1917) was Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge for twenty-five years. Swete is well known and respected for the extensive range of his biblical and patristic studies and for his careful and exact scholarship.

""Few things are more important than that Christian people should learn to realize the fact of our Lords risen and ascended life, and its relation to their own lives and hopes. It is happy for us that year by year the recurrence of Eastertide offers an opportunity for kindling a fresh interest in this great subject. The writer will be glad indeed if this little book should help any to enter more fully into the spirit of that Queen of Seasons."" --From the Foreword

Henry Barclay Swete (1835-1917) was Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge for twenty-five years. Swete is well-known and...

""Few things are more important than that Christian people should learn to realize the fact of our Lords risen and ascended life, and its relation to their own lives and hopes. It is happy for us that year by year the recurrence of Eastertide offers an opportunity for kindling a fresh interest in this great subject. The writer will be glad indeed if this little book should help any to enter more fully into the spirit of that Queen of Seasons."" --From the Foreword

Henry Barclay Swete (1835-1917) was Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge for twenty-five years. Swete is well-known and...