A Grammar of the Old Testament in Greek

by Henry St. John Thackeray

Book Overview

Thackeray's treatment of the Septuagint's grammar is a masterful reference work, which moved Septuagintal study forward. ""Why write a Grammar of a translation, in parts a servile translation, into a Greek which is far removed from the Attic standard, of an original which was often imperfectly understood? A sufficient answer might be that the work forms part of a larger whole, the Grammar of Hellenistic Greek, the claims of which, as bridging the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606081667
• ISBN13: 9781606081662
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.9"