A Syntax of Septuagint Greek

This is the first ever comprehensive analysis of the morphosyntax and

syntax of Septuagint Greek. The work is based on the most up-to-date

editions of the Septuagint. The so-called Antiochene version of Samuel,

Kings, and Chronicles as well as Judges has been studied. Though this is

a synchronic grammar, and though not systematic, comparison with

Classical Greek, the Greek of contemporary literature of the

Hellenistic-Roman period, papyri and epigraphical data, and New

Testament Greek has often been undertaken. Even when analysing

translated documents of the Septuagint, the perspective is basically

that of its readers. However, attempts were made to determine in what

ways and to what extent the structure of the Semitic source languages

may have influenced the selection of this or that particular

construction by translators. At many places it is demonstrated and

illustrated how an analysis of the morphosyntax and syntax can

illuminate our general interpretation of the Septuagint text.