New English Translation of the Septuagint (NETS)

I've found myself using the "Septuagint Version of the Old Testament" when comparing Septuagint and MT readings; but it would be great to have an English translation of the Septuagint that isn't 166 years old [:)]

This fairly new translation published by Oxford looks good:

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/nets/

You can even download it in PDF form from their website so shouldn't be too complicated to produce right? [;)]

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MJ. Smith

Yes, it is good. Yes, I have it in page & spine format. Yes, I'd love to have it in Logos. Yes, I am anxious for them to complete the annotations.

Robert Pavich

I vote yes [Y]

Brian Davidson

I suggested this resource a couple years ago, but have not heard anything. Glad to see it suggested again.

HJ. van der Wal

+1 [Y]

I hope the German Bible Society will make a translation of the Septuagint available in SESB. Last year a German translation of the Septuagint was published which already has become available in their Bibledigital software: http://www.bibelonline.de/products/Neuerscheinungen/bibeldigital-Septuaginta-Deutsch.html

Garry Vanderveen

I have recommended this work several times and I'm not sure why Logos hasn't done anything about it. It has been available in Accordance for quite some time. I use it frequently and it is much better - and I mean much better - than the 166 year old translation!

Anthony H

[Y]

Mathew Voth

I am in seminary at ACTS which is a part of TWU in B.C., and a number of the teachers here were involved in the translation process (the Septuagint Institute is based here), and I can assure you that it is excellent.

Logos, this really should be a priority...

Garry Vanderveen

Matt, I hear you. :-) I too am an ACTS student.

We want NETS! We want NETS!

:-)

Mike S.

[Y][Y][Y][Y]

Brian Leathers

I vote Yes too!! A modern English translation of the Septuagint would be wonderful! [Y][H]

James W Bennett

[Y]

There is also the St Athanasius Academy Septuagint by the St Athanasius Academy of Orthodox Theology. Thomas Nelson publishes the translation in the Orthodox Study Bible.

Dave Mackey

::bump:: I'd like to see NETS as a Logos resource as well.

Milkman

That would be a great addition to have. Sign me up for the Pre-pub.

fgh

Seems I missed to vote for this.

Rob Lloyd

I'd like to add my vote for NETS, especially with a reverse interlinear.

George Somsel

I'd like to add my vote for NETS, especially with a reverse interlinear.

Realizing that it isn't the same as having a Logos edition, you can download PDF files of the translation which might serve temporarily here

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/nets/edition/

Eric Weiss

There is also the St Athanasius Academy Septuagint by the St Athanasius Academy of Orthodox Theology. Thomas Nelson publishes the translation in the Orthodox Study Bible.

The Thomas Nelson Orthodox Study Bible is a flawed LXX translation. See the many reviews/critiques of it on the Internet. E.g., Psalm 22 (Ps. 23 English) conforms to the Masoretic Text, not the Old Greek text, when it reads "The Lord is my shepherd" instead of "The Lord shepherds me" (the Hebrew could be read either way, but the LXX translators chose to make it a verb) and "You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over." instead of "You anointed my head with oil, and your cup intoxicates as the most excellent [wine?]."

Meshaal

I vote yes too [Y]

Alex Smith

I emailed suggest@logos.com about it, including this thread to prove there's been a lot of interest in it for at least 18 months now... what else can be done to encourage them?

DMB

Alex ... appreciate your extra effort.

Maybe we need to sponsor a bus to the University of Pennsylvania.

We could bring along our Olivetree phones and read NETS on the way!

Maybe have a birthday cake on November 17th to celebrate NETS's 4 year anniversary. Almost ready for 1st grade!

I wonder if this one was one Logos hinted they were having trouble with. It's too obvious for Logos not to have been working it.

Alex Smith

I've also just added it to their suggestion queue, please put 3 votes on it, and it might actually get noticed [H]

http://logos.uservoice.com/forums/42823-logos-bible-software-4/suggestions/2351260-add-new-english-translation-of-the-septuagint-net

fgh

I've also just added it to their suggestion queue, please put 3 votes on it, and it might actually get noticed

http://logos.uservoice.com/forums/42823-logos-bible-software-4/suggestions/2351260-add-new-english-translation-of-the-septuagint-net

First: welcome to the forums, since no one said that after your first post.

Uservoice is for features, not books. Logos can decide how to spend developers' time based on votes, because they employ those developers. They can't decide what books to publish based on votes, because they don't own the rights to those books. If the copyright holder says no, it doesn't matter if you've gathered a million votes. Logos still can't produce it. So all your suggestion is doing really is to take votes away from other suggestions, where they might have had an influence.

It's also probably the least likely place for your suggestion to be noticed. I doubt that the publishing team reads Uservoice. The best way to get a resource suggestion noticed is to send a mail to suggest@logos.com. The second best is to use the Suggestion forum. After that it's really very little we can do, except wait. You could try contacting the publisher directly, but that may or may not help. Sometimes it's a good idea, but there's been rumours that some publishers get really annoyed by it.

And as for "Should be easy to license/import as Accordance has had it for years", well, that may be precisely why it's impossible to license. Accordance may have negotiated a contract that gives them the sole right to publish NETS electronically.

Liam

Yes!