The Best Septuagint (LXX) Translations in Logos: A Comparison Guide

Soon we will release the Saint Athanasius Academy Septuagint (SAAS) for Logos and Verbum. This translation originally debuted in print about a decade ago as the Old Testament text of the Orthodox Study Bible. English translations of the Septuagint (LXX) are few and far between, so another one is always welcome. In this blog post, […]

Author: @Rick Mansfield (Logos)

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DMB

https://www.logos.com/product/247145/the-saint-athanasius-academy-septuagint

and study Bible notes:

https://www.logos.com/product/136179/the-orthodox-study-bible-notes

NichtnurBibelleser

I nearly envy you! For now, there's only one German translation at all (which thankfully is in Logos/Verbum):

https://www.logos.com/product/166659/septuaginta-deutsch?queryId=4a5ce01f412482efbf452959c2dbb16e

Rick Mansfield (Logos)

FYI for anyone waiting on the St. Athanasius Academy Septuagint, I've heard from folks in Content Development that the release has been pushed back to November. It uses a completely different (and new) verse mapping that will appear in v. 46, which is also slated for November.

DMB

Rick, thank you for the writeup. It was interesting. I hope our 'other ' Rick can comment more on author intended vs received, between LES1 and LES2.

Plus (no offense) you left out the earlier Thomson translation? It's quite interesting, the translator being closely associated with the American Continental Congress, and a friend of George Washington. Apparently, it worked off of Vaticanus (though no apocrypha at least in Logos).

Rick Mansfield (Logos)

@DMB Sorry to leave off Thompson, but the article was "The BEST Septuagint Translations…" so that implies something would be left off the list, right?

I'm really kidding. I have Thompson, but I've never used it. I was simply more familiar with the other four.