★★★★★ 4
Septuagint LXX Codex Alexandrinus finally in English!
Format: Hardcover
This is the overall accurate and most complete collection of books of the original covenant scriptures, (the Old Testament.) For the average English reader who doesnt know or care much to learn the spiritual gems of the bible through the languages of modern Hebrew and Ancient pictoral Hebrew, this will be your best version of the O. T. to have by far! Its all in English, translated out of the LXX, Codex Alexandrinus, which is the most ancient and most accurate septuagint text available so far, despite what modern scholars and pastors are wrongly telling you. Why the hell does every church have colies of the NIV Nearly Inspired version, for everyone to use, when they could buy this along with the Greek- English Interlinear N.T with NKJV along the side as well!?? Many scholars will say that the LXX V or Codex Vaticanus is dated earlier and is therfore more accurate but that is not completely true. It is still another great version to use also, as found in Brentons English version and the amazing Apostolic Bible Polyglot but it is still a translation made later in time from out of the Masoretic Hebrew Text. But this NETS version of the septuagint is from the original source Greek O.T. which was made originally around 250 B.C and was made out of Ezras authentic and most accurate Hebrew copy of the Tanakh or O.T., given to him directly by God again, when he was in Babylon. (See 4 Esdras 14 in the Good News Bible with deuterocanonicals/Apochrypha! $8 FROM AMAZON, of which I also did a brief review of a while ago!)You will get the most out of this version of the O.T set of scriptures. But don't forget to also get the other missing scriptures and restore many other lost and forgotten books, and verses of scripture like 4th Esdras, 1st and 2nd Adam and Eve, Jasher and 1st and 2nd Enoch, and the testament of the twelve patriarchs! Plus you will need a separate Set of the Renewed Covent scriptures or (the N.T.) because this bound package of scriptures does still not contain the whole counsel of God. There is no New testament in here in case you were wondering. But this version is still the closest to having the most of Gods words, than any other English O.T version in one bound package, that I have found and this is more accurate in more places than not. But there are a few errors still from the Greek, which get carried over into English, like Genesis 4:26 of which the Aramaic versions, and Hebrew Masoretic text and Jasher have, when the letters are respaced correctly. This verse should tell us that Enosh profaned the name of God, not worshiped or called upon or hoped to call upon God. Some of the Greek text's flaws in which the Hebrew M.T. is superior are: Zechariah 5:1- 2, 12:10 and Genesis 1:1 (of which the Aleph and Tav is present and is unjustly left out and equals The Messiah/God, as in Revelation 1:8!) And psalm 138:2 to name a few. But over all without other deeper study, the Greek O.T. text has more to offer as a whole than the Hebrew version left preserved for us. And there is no finished English translation and bound book yet, of the Aramaic Targumim O.T. TIthat will be the next masterpiece, when someone gets it done. It is still being worked on. See Andrew Gabriel Roth's Aramaic Eastern Peshitta N.T. as well as David Bausher's western peshitta N. T. Interlinear pr plain English. Hopefully one of these guys or both will do the correct smd more co ete Aramaic Targumim for the O. T. and not he later made syriac translation but we will ha e ro wait and see.?
Also, some verses in which the LXX is superior over the late made Hebrew M.T. are found in verses like Genesis 11:13- 14, which are missing completely from the Hebrew!!! See Luke 3:36 to verify Kainan or Caianan's existence in the genealogical bible lineage of the Patriarchs! Cainan's existence also makrs creation 565 years earlier then 4004 bc that bishop Ussher wrongly dated from the Hebrew Masoretic Text. And see Ezekiel 21:3- which shows God only killing the unrighteous in the two LXX versions and never the righteous with the wicked, like Abraham pleaded with God in Genesis 18:23. Sadly the late Masoretic Hebrew Text erroneously has God killing both the righteous with the unrighteous! Also see DANIEL 12:4 in this LXX, which has a superior English translation, even though the same better meaning is hidden in the Hebrew. This verse should say the knowledge of evil and cunning to harm us, will increase, not the knowledge of the gospel or technology increasing, like many commentators have said.. Also DANIEL 12:4 should be translated as saying that many people will run away in apostasy and violent madness, not just running to and fro!?? Any serious students can contact me at AnswersInGenesis at live dot com. Every disciplined learned who wishes to mature, needs a copy of this and should read this as their main version of the Tanakh or O.T. I will also be happy to further translate and teach this along with the Hebrew Masoretic Text and both Aramaic Targumim to serious literal minded people, as I am already doing chronologically, through the whole bible, in my own bible study in Tucson on Shabbat (friday) evenings. Enjoy!😊
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Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2016
