The First Bible of the Church A Plea for the Septuagint
, by Müller, MogensNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780567273208 | 0567273202
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 11/1/2009
The First Bible of the Church describes of the shape of the Jewish Bible at the time of the New Testament, with a special focus on the significance of the Greek translation, the Septuagint. The Jewish defence of the Septuagint version and its reception into the early Church makes it a representative of the Jewish Bible tradition fully on a par with the Hebrew Bible. This fact is especially important because the Septuagint is extensively used in the New Testament writings, whereby it-and not the Hebrew Bible (the Masoretic text)-is the most obvious candidate for the title of the first Bible of the Church.