For reviews of the value of some of these items listed below, see my Resource Reviews page.
Various Literature:
- The Journal of Septuagint and Cognate Studies (formerly Bulletin of the IOSCS)
- SBL Commentary on the Septuagint (SBLCS)
- The German Bible Society has the Septuaginta Deutsch commentary on the Septuagint: Septuaginta Deutsch. Erläuterungen und Kommentare zum griechischen Alten Testament, vol. I and vol. II, ed. by Martin Karrer and Wolfgang Kraus (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2011).
- Septuagint and Cognate Studies (SCS) Monograph Series
- New English Translation of the Septuagint (NETS) – An online version is available freely here: New English Translation of the Septuagint: Electronic Edition
- Society of Biblical Literature Commentary on the Septuagint (SBLCS)
- Under direction of Natalio Fernández-Marcos and María Victoria Spottorno Díaz-Caro, the first three volumes of La Biblia griega – Septuaginta have been published by Ediciones Sígueme of Salamanca: I. Pentateuco (2008); II. Libros Históricos (2011); III. Libros poéticos y sapienciales (2013). The last volume will hopefully become available in 2015 (IV. Libros proféticos).
- Critical Editions of Septuagint/Old Greek Texts
Research Centers & Events:
- The John William Wevers Institute for Septuagint Studies (Trinity Western University, Vancouver, B.C.)
- The Centre for Septuagint Studies and Textual Criticism, Leuven
- The Göttingen Septuaginta-Unternehmen, Germany (also see here)
- The Tyndale House, Cambridge
- The Grinfield Lectures – Oxford
Online/Digital Resources:
- Septuagint Vocabulary App
- TWU John William Wevers Institute for Septuagint Studies YouTube Channel
- Septuagint books read in Modern Greek
- Obituary of Dean Sidney Jellicoe (1906-1973)
- Parallel Aligned Hebrew and Greek Jewish Scriptures (CATSS)
- La Bible d’Alexandrie Blog
- The Hexapla Institute
- Brenton’s English Translation of the LXX
- Elpenor’s Bilingual (Greek/English) Old Testament
- Morphologically Analyzed Septuagint (CATSS)
- Ancient World Digital Library
- Old Greek Variants Files (CATSS)
- Internet Resources for the Study of Judaism and Christianity
- Translation of the Sinaiticus Psalter (pdf) by Albert Pietersma
- Official List of Rahlfs’ Sigla (Göttingen Septuaginta-Unternehmen)
- PDFs of early volumes of Mitteilungen des Septuaginta-Unternehmens, with Rahlfs’ Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Göttingen Septuaginta-Unternehmen)
- Conybeare & Stock, Grammar of Septuagint Greek (free online here, print copy here)
- Using the Göttingen Septuagint – Part I and Part II
- Van Pelt’s Göttingen Septuagint Abbreviations and Sigla
- Online Syriac Resources
Societies:
- International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (IOSCS) – Member Sign-Up
- Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)
- Institute for Biblical Research (IBR)
Podcasts:
- The Septuagint Sessions (via Timothy Michael Law)
Blogs:
- Reasons to Study the LXX
- Timothy Michael Law
- James Aitken
- Septuagint Online
- LXXI – Brian W. Davidson
- LXX Studies – John Meade
Miscellaneous:
- International Septuagint Day
- Greek Verb Parser
- Lexicity – Ancient Language Resource Heaven
Primary Sources: Manuscripts, Papyri, and Inscriptions
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Papyrological Tools and Resources
- The Arabic Papyrology Database (APD): Searchable database of Arabic documents on parchment, papyrus and paper from the 7th to 16th c. A.D. (metadata and images).
- Arabic Papyrology School (APS): Interactive introduction to Arabic papyrology.
- Banque de données des textes coptes documentaires: Searchable databank with information pertaining to Coptic documentary texts.
- Catalogue of Paraliterary Papyri (CPP): Searchable catalog of paraliterary texts, including texts in what was formerly called the Catalogue of Mythographic Papyri.
- Checklist of Greek, Latin, Demotic and Coptic Papyri, Ostraca and Tablets: Abbreviations for papyrological publications
- Demotic Texts Archive (Oriental Institute, Chicago): Collection of Demotic language material on the Web.
- Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis (HGV): Searchable database of scholarly metadata pertaining to published Greek and Latin documents. Browse by Texte im HGV.
- Leuven Database of Ancient Books (LDAB): Searchable database with information pertaining to published literary texts.
- Leuven Homepage of Papyrus Archives (LHPC): Register of ancient archives from Greco-Roman Egypt.
- Leuven Homepage of Papyrus Collections (LHPC): Register of papyrus collections located around the world.
- Mertens-Pack3 (M-P3): Searchable catalog of Greek and Latin literary papyri.
- Medieval Nubia: Site dedicated to collaborative publication of resources for the study of Medieval Nubia.
- Trismegistos: An interdisciplinary portal of papyrological and epigraphical resources associated with Egypt and the Nile valley between ca 800 BC and AD 800.
- Papy-L: Email discussion list dedicated to the exchange of information of interest to papyrologists and scholars of Greco-Roman Egypt.
- WörterListen (WL): Index (PDF) of Greek and Latin terms from documents published since 1996.
Organizations
- Papyri.info – A searchable database of digitized papyri
- The Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library
- Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts
- Papyrology Home Page – John D. Muccigrosso
- Manuscripts, Paleography, Codicology from Labyrinth
- Taylor Schechter Genizah Research Unity, University of Cambridge Library
- An Online Encyclopedia of Textual Criticism (Rich Elliot)
- Oxyrhynchus Papyri
- The Perseus Project
- Thesaurus Linguae Gracae
- Citation Checklist of Papyri, Ostraca, and Tablets
- Diogenes
- Packard Humanities Searchable Greek Inscriptions
- Demetrios Database of LXX Greek
- CLAROS – Concordance of Greek Inscriptions
- Words from the Sand: A Lexical Analysis of Early Greek Papyri from Egypt (Maquarie University, Australia)
- Manuscripts of the Greek Old Testament (British Library)
I am beginning some work of how Christian value the LXX as a form of further / continuous revelation, as it sometimes adds to the Hebrew things which are used in the NT. So my question is not about technicalities but about theological appreciation. Are you aware of literature in the area please?