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A Comparative Psalter: Hebrew (Masoretic Text) · Revised Standard Version Bible · The New English Translation of the Septuagint · Greek (Septuagint)

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It's wonderful to see any new scholarship expressed in this area of study. But once again it is in a poorly produced book: glue-injected binding, semi-rough paper, cardboard "hardback" (where's the cloth?) and all this by the respected Oxford press...Just another book that won't hold up to heavy use and is not a delight to use. I've been too long out of seminary to comment on the Hebrew...I bought this just for the LXX...The actual printing is dark, crisp and consistent in inking, and the (Greek) fonts are fine. The introductory articles on the translation are helpful if limited...Folks this is the "dreaded LXX"...we could use more "helps" @ the foot of each page! Give us some help with unusual verb forms, vocabulary etc. Otherwise, well it's buying and then hauling out all those grammars like Smyth and lexicons like Liddell & Scott only to come up short... falling off to sleep dreaming of future-tense forms vs infinities vs .... The little work, so far I've done, Ps. 99 (LXX), the English translation seems to be in line with the Greek in "meaning". SO, with the price @ under $20 this is a good addition to one's library. Let's face it the quality of books will just keep getting worse as everything goes electronic.

With the Hebrew, Greek, and two English version in columns across two pages, this is an excellent Psalter for those students studying the Book of Psalms. Of course, to get the real value out of it, you need to have already learned some Hebrew and Greek.