Origen’s Hexapla compared Hebrew and Greek witnesses, marking differences transparently and shaping the discipline of Old Testament textual criticism.
Exploring the Hexapla: Origen’s Contribution to Old Testament Textual Criticism
Did Christian Scribes Translate the Old Testament into Greek? A Textual-Critical Study of the Septuagint and the Copying Practices Behind Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, and Codex Alexandrinus
Christian codices like Vaticanus and Sinaiticus copied a pre-Christian Jewish Greek Old Testament; they did not create a new Christian translation from Hebrew.
Lucian of Antioch and the Lucianic Revision of the Greek Old Testament
The Lucianic recension of the Septuagint refined an existing Greek text, aligning it with Hebrew tradition and shaping Byzantine textual transmission.
Symmachus (σ): His Role in Old Testament Textual Transmission and Translation
Symmachus, a Samaritan convert to Judaism, produced a refined Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures at the end of the first century C.E.
