A Handbook to the Septuagint. By R. R. Ottley. (Methuen.
8s. net.)—This is a scholarly introduction to the study of the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament. Mr. Ottley assumes that his readers know the English Bible and a little Greek and proceeds to give a lucid account of the history of the Septuagint, of modern methods of treating it, of the text and the language and style. He discusses some typical passages in detail, and concludes with a plea for the study of the Septuagint as the version which is most faithful to the original Hebrew. Ruskin, he reminds us, was one of the few modern literary men who were in the habit of reading it. Mr. Ottley calls attention also to the influence of the pre-Christian Septuagint on the early Church, in the first four centuries when Greek was the common language of educated men throughout the Empire. Mr. Ottley writes so well and with such evident knowledge that he will interest many readers in his subject.
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