[WORK IN PROGRESS]
There is a tradition within Septuagint scholarship of maintaining a bibliography of works in the discipline. This process began with the yeoman’s work of the scholars who helped launch the IOSCS, and it has been picked up in various intervals by various scholars ever since. Here’s the thread:
- Premodern Period | Léonas, Alexis. “The Septuagint in Premodern Study: A Bibliography.” Bulletin of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies 41 (2008): 93-113.
- ca. 1860-1969 | Brock, Sebastian P., Charles T. Fritsch, and Sidney Jellicoe (eds.), A Classified Bibliography of the Septuagint. Leiden: Brill, 1973.
- 1906-1986 | Tov, Emanuel. A Classified Bibliography of Lexical and Grammatical Studies on the Language of the Septuagint and Its Revisions. Jerusalem: Academon, 1983.
- 1970-1993 | Dogniez, Cécile. Biliography of the Septuagint / Bibliographie De La Septante (1970-1993). VTSup 60. Leiden: Brill, 1995.
- 1997-2012 | De Troyer, Kristin. “The Seventy-Two and Their Many Grandchildren: A Review of Septuagint Studies from 1997 Onward.” Currents in Biblical Research 11 (2012): 8-64.
There are a few other resources worth noting as well, including:
- Marcus Sigismund, “Index zu den Artikeln und Buchrezensionen in BIOSCS und JSCS 1 (1968) – 50 (2017) ergänzt bis JSCS 52 (2018) von Siegfried Kreuzer (available here)
- Jellicoe, Sidney. “Septuagint Studies in the Current Century.” Journal of Biblical Literature 88.2 (1969): 191-99.
- Lust, Johann, “Selective Bibliography of the Septuagint.”
- United Bible Societies, “Septuagint Bibliography” (mainly 1990-2002)
- Wevers, J. William (1954), “Septuaginta-Forschungen,” TRu 22: 85–138.
- Wevers, J. William (1968), “Septuaginta Forschungen Seit 1954,” TRu 33: 18–76.
- Jones, Jennifer Brown. “The Septuagint and Contemporary Study.” In William A. Ross and W. Edward Glenny (eds.), T&T Clark Handbook of Septuagint Research. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, forthcoming.
Since this is a thing, it occurred to me that someone has to pick up the torch, since it’s coming up on ten years since De Troyer’s work. A lot has happened since then. So this page is aimed in that direction. For the record, the categories below are adopted with some modifications from Dogniez’s bibliography.
Now, I make absolutely no claims that this page represents an exhaustive bibliography. But that said, if you’re looking here and notice I have missed something, please let me know.
General Introductions
- deSilva, David A. Introducing the Apocrypha: Message, Context, and Significance. 2nd ed.; Grand Rapids: Baker, 2018.
- Jobes, Karen H. and Moisés Silva. Invitation to the Septuagint. 2nd ed.; Grand Rapids: Baker, 2015.
- Law, Timothy Michael. When God Spoke Greek: The Septuagint and the Making of the Christian Bible. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
Handbooks & Companions
- Aitken, James K., ed. T&T Clark Companion to the Septuagint. London: Bloomsbury, 2015.
- Kreuzer, Siegfried, ed. Introduction to the LXX. D. A. Brenner and P. Altmann, transl.; Waco: Baylor University Press, 2019.
- Ross, William A. and W. Edward Glenny, eds. T&T Clark Handbook of Septuagint Research. London: Bloomsbury, 2021.
- Salvesen, Alison G. and Timothy Michael Law, eds. The Oxford Handbook of the Septuagint. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.
Editions
Translations
Commentaries
Conference Proceedings
LXX.D
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- Bons, Eberhard, Michaela Geiger, Frank Ueberschaer, Marcus Sigismund, and Martin Meiser, eds. Die Septuaginta – Themen, Manuskripte, Wirkungen. 7. Internationale Fachtagung Veranstaltet Von Septuaginta Deutsch (Lxx.D), Wuppertal 19.-22. Juli 2018, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament 444. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2020.
- Meiser, Martin, Michaela Geiger, Siegfried Kreuzer, and Marcus Sigismund, eds. Die Septuaginta – Geschichte, Wirkung, Relevanz. 6. Internationale Fachtagung Veranstaltet Von Septuaginta Deutsch (Lxx.D), Wuppertal 21.-24. Juli 2016, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament 405. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2018.
- Kreuzer, Siegfried, Martin Meiser, and Marcus Sigismund, eds. Die Septuaginta – Orte Und Intentionen. 5. Internationale Fachtagung Veranstaltet Von Septuaginta Deutsch (Lxx.D), Wuppertal 24.-27. Juli 2014, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament 361. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2016.
- Kraus, Wolfgang and Siegfried Kreuzer, eds. Die Septuaginta – Text, Wirkung, Rezeption. 4. Internationale Fachtagung Veranstaltet Von Septuaginta Deutsch (Lxx.D), Wuppertal 19.-22. Juli 2012, Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament 325. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2014.
Series
Lexicons & Grammars
HTLS
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- Bons, Eberhard, ed. Historical and Theological Lexicon of the Septuagint. Vol. 1: Alpha – Gamma, Historisches Und Theologisches Lexikon Der Septuaginta. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, forthcoming.
History of the LXX in Ancient Judaism
Letter of Aristeas
Theological Exegesis/Theology of the LXX
LXX and the Biblical Canon
LXX and Scriptural Inspiration
The Language/Vocabulary of the LXX
- Bons, Eberhard, Anna Mambelli, Daniela Scialabba, Exodos, Storia di un vacabolo. Bologna: Pubblicazioni dell’istituto per le scienze religiose, 2020
Translation Studies
LXX Textual Criticism
- Dorival, Gilles, “Les divisions anciennes du Psautier de la Septante.” Pages 109-24 in Guillaume Bady, Marjo C.A. Korpel (eds.), Les délimitations éditoriales des Ecritures. Des Bibles anciennes aux lectures modernes = Editorial Delimitations of the Scriptures, from Ancient Bibles to Modern Readings. Leuven: Peeters, 2020.
- Tov, Emanuel. The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research. 3rd ed.; Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2015.
