The Old Testament in Greek, Volume 4: According to the Text of Codex Vaticanus, Supplemented from Other Uncial Manuscripts, with a Critical Apparatus Containing the Variants of the Chief Ancient Authorities for the Text of the Septuagint

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by  Alan England Brooke (editor)

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(1887-1894) the running text is that of Codex Vaticanus (B) supplemented by Codex Alexandrinus (A) or N when
B is defective. The edition includes an extensive critical apparatus, citing key uncial manuscripts and fragments,
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The Old Testament
in Greek
According to the Text of Codex Vaticanus,
Supplemented from Other Uncial Manuscripts,
with a Critical Apparatus Containing the
Variants of the Chief Ancient Authorities for
the Text of the Septuagint
Volume 4
Edited by Alan England Brooke,
Norman McLean
and Henry St John Thackeray
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THE OLD TESTAMENT
IN GREEK
ACCORDING TO THE TEXT OF CODEX VATICANUS,
SUPPLEMENTED FROM OTHER UNCIAL MANUSCRIPTS,
WITH A CRITICAL APPARATUS
CONTAINING THE VARIANTS OF THE CHIEF ANCIENT
AUTHORITIES FOR THE TEXT OF THE SEPTUAGINT
EDITED BY
THE LATE
ALAN ENGLAND BROOKE, D.D., F.B.A.
CHAPLAIN TO H.M. THE KING, FORMERLY PROVOST OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
AND ELY PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY
NORMAN MCLEAN, M.A., F.B.A.
HON. LL.D. EDINBURGH, FORMERLY MASTER OF CHRIST'S COLLEGE AND
UNIVERSITY LECTURER IN ARAMAIC
AND
THE LATE
HENRY ST JOHN THACKERAY, M.A.
HON. D.D. OXFORD, HON. D.D. DURHAM
VOLUME III. PART I. ESTHER, JUDITH, TOBIT
CAMBRIDGE
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
1940
PUBLISHERS' NOTE
The death of Dr A. E. Brooke shortly after he had
drafted the Prefatory Note to this Part is referred to
on p. xi.
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Testament in Greek as soon as circumstances permit.
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PREFATORY NOTE TO ESTHER, JUDITH, TOBIT
I N our third volume we have found it impossible to retain the order of the Books of the
Septuagint followed by Dr Swete. The Books of Esther, Judith and Tobit are found in
many of the MSS. which contain the Historical Books. It seemed therefore desirable to publish
them first in this Volume before dealing with the Sapiential Books which are generally found in
a different set of MSS. Some time ago we decided to defer the publication of the Psalter till
a later date. The three books which we now publish form the third group in Dr Rahlfs's
Verzeichnis. They are sometimes found in the MSS. which have the Historical Books, but
more often new MSS. have to be quoted, and we have had to make a separate selection for each
Book, and to give separate lists of the MSS. used for each Book. The symbols used for MSS.
in the earlier volumes have been retained, but those used for MSS. no longer cited have been
re-assigned. The original scheme of adding a numeral after the letter (a etc.) to provide a separate
2
symbol for each MS. used has proved unworkable. Where the number of authorities quoted is
large, valuable space is lost. We find ourselves compelled to use a single letter for each minus-
cule quoted, and to provide a separate list for each Book. The publication of Dr Rahlfs's excellent
Verzeichnis in 1914, which includes the old Holmes and Parsons numbers where available, and
gives to each separate MS. its own number, supplies a standard enumeration. We shall in future
use the letters as symbols applying only to a single Book, and we give a list for each Book.
ESTHER
1. The ordinary text.
The following Uncial MSS. have been used:
B Codex Vaticanus. Rome, Vatican Gr. 1209.
A Codex Alexandrinus. London, British Museum, Royal 1 D. v-viii.
N Rome, Vatican Gr. 2io6 = V.
S Codex Friderico-Augustanus = N (part of Cod. Sinaiticus).
P A Papyrus Fragment (Rahlfs 967, 968) \
The following minuscules have been quoted:
a (108) Rome, Vat. Gr. 330 (for the "Lucianic" text, also contained in this MS., see below).
c (64) Paris, Bibl. Nat. Gr. 2.
d (107) Ferrara, Bibl. Comun. Gr. 188. 1.
e (46) Paris, Bibl. Nat. Coisl. Gr. 4.
f (583) Paris, Bibl. Nat. Gr. 1087.
g {76) Paris, Bibl. Nat. Gr. 4.
h (ss) Rome, Vat. Regin. Gr. 1.
j (243) Paris, Bibl. Nat. Coisl. Gr. 8.
k (58) Rome, Vat. Regin. Gr. 10.
1 By the kindness of Sir Frederic Kenyon, who lent us a copy of his transcription, we were able to include the readings of
this papyrus in our Edition before the sheets of Esther were printed off. He has since published it in The Chester Beatty
Biblical Papyri Fasciculus VII: Text (London, 1937; Plates, London, 1938), in which he has shewn that it forms part of
a Papyrus MS., in book-form, containing Ezekiel, Daniel (with Susanna and Bel) and Esther. In his opinion the MS. is not
later than the first half of the third century A.D.