Introduction

A.The Textual Witnesses

I. The Greek Witnesses¹

¹For fuller information on the Greek manuscripts, see Rahlfs, Verzeichnis.

The Genesis edition is based on the following Mss, which have all been recollated by the LXX-Unternehmen:

1. Uncial manuscripts

A London, Brit. Mus., Royal 1 D.V. V. Century "codex Alexandrinus". The first four lines of both columns on p.1a (1,1-2 αβυσσο; 1,13-14 ουρανου) have been added by a later scribe. The text is complete except for 14,14 κατεδ]ιωξεν - 14,17 των 1° 15,1 πο]λυς - 15,5 fin 15,16 γενεα - 15,19 fin 16,6 σου 2° - 16,9 fin. The text has numerous erasures, of which most are of the first hand. In the apparatus only corrections of later hands are noted. In H.-P.: the ms is III.

B Rome, Bibl. Vat., Vat.gr. 1209. IV.Century "codex Vaticanus". The actual codex starts at 46,28 πολιν εις γην. The lost text (1,1 - 46,28 καθ ηρωων) was added from a minuscule suppletor and is characterized in this edition B^s. B^s  has been copied from Ms.19. Omissions in 1,22 8,10-12 9,13-14 10,2-32a 24,30 25,12-18 27,34-35 30,15 31,33 41,21 41,30 42,22 43,13 43,27 43,32 are shown by þ*&, though the omitted text has not been copied in the margin. For the texts 50,10 και εποιηóεν - 50,11 πενθος αιγυπτου 50,13 εκει 50,14 - 50,17 αμαρτιαν 50,21 και παρεκαλεσεν - 50,24 πατρασιν B^s  refers to a restorer who has retraced the faded text of the original ms. In H.-P. the ms is II.

D London, Brit.Mus., Cotton. Otho B. VI. V.-VI Century Editions: C. Tischendorf, Monumenta sacra inedita. Nova collectio 2, Leipzig 1857; Fr.W.Gotch, A supplement to Tischendorf's Reliquiae ex incendio ereptae codicis celeberimi Cottoniani, London and Edinburgh 1881. The following passages have also been collated in Vetusta Monomenta, quae ad rerum Britannicarum memoriam conservandam Societas Antiquariorum Londoni sumptu suo edenda curavit. Vol.I, London 1747, the following pieces: 5,25-5,26 εζησε[ 5,28 οκτ]ω και - 5,29 ημων 2°  8,10-8,11 κεκοπα[ 11,9 ]εσπειρεν - πασ[ης 14,15 χωβαλ - 14,16fin 15,1-15,2 μασ[εκ 18,15 εγελασας 40,19 σου 1° - 40,20 εμν[ησθη 43,13-14 43,30 συνεσ]τρεφετο - 43,31 ενεκρατευσατο. The passages of Peiresc (Paris, Bibl. Nat., ms francais 9530, fol.29, 34 et 35) from the 17th Century are as follows: 1,13 εσπερα - 1,14 διαχω[ριζειν 18,24 - 18,26 σο[δομοις 43,16 θυματα - fin. These passages are from pages which have survived in part only in fragments.

The editions of Tischendorf and Gotch contain the text of the following parts: 1,14 16-19 26-28 2,24-3,5 4,1-2 4-5 18 25-26 5,1-10 18-26 28-29 6,11-15 7,1-5 11-16 8,1-6 8-11 9,15-23 14,4-7 9 12-13 15-17 29-32 12,1-6 7-8 10-11 13,12-18 14,1-3 13-20 22-24 15,1-4 15,11-17,10 18,3-13 15 24-30 32-33 19,1-26 30-33 (36) 37-38 20,1-3 21,4-30 22,2-18 22,22-23,11 13-20 24,1-7 20-22 30-39 52-67 25,1-9 25,11-26,9 18-20 32-34 27,6-7 25-34 36-38 27,41-28,2 4-6 8-14 16-22 29,1-3 18-20 25-29 30,1-3 16-20 31,26-35 31,55-32,2 16-21 26-31 33,8-15 17 19-20 34,4-11 14-23 26 34,28-35,15 36,2-30 37,3-7 14-30 38,6-12 20-21 26-30 39,1-40,15 40,19-41,41 46-49 56-57 42,1-23 42,35-43,3 5 7-11 13-14 30-34 44,5-16 44,31-45,1 5-10 17-21 27-28 46,34-47,2 4-7 19-22 48,1-2 5-9 15-17 49,1 9 13-18 23-27 49,21-50,2.

The following pieces have been collated on the basis of photographs: 1,14 init- της 5° 1,16 εποιη]σ(εν)-19 πρωι 1,26 κα(τ)-28(παντ[ων) 2° 2,24 προσκ]ολλ.-3,5 4,1 και 1°-2 αβελ 4,4 αυτος-5 θυσι[αις 4,18 init - ε[γεννησεν 3° 4,25 init - και[ν 5,1 βιβλο]ς - 8 π[ασαι 5,9 ετη εκ. - 10 γεννησαι 5,18-24 μετεθη[κεν 6,11 επλη]σθη - 15 τριακο[ντα 7,1-5 κς 7,11 ερ]ραγη(σαν) - 16 κς 8,1-7 κεκοπακε 8,8 περιστεραν - 9fin 9,15 κ(αι) 4° -23 και 4° 11,4 διασπα]ρη(ναι) - 5 των 11,6 χειλ]ος - 7 φω[νων 11,12 ε]τη - 13 κα[ι θυγ. 2° 11,15 γενν]ησαι - 17fin 11,29 κα(ι) 1° - 32 απεθα[ 12,1-6 12,7-8 12,10 τ]ης 1° - 11 γυναι[κι 13,12 κατωκησ]εν 1° - 14,4 (ε)δουλευον 14,13-16 λ[αον 14,17 συναν]τη(σεν) - 20 δεκ[ατην 14,22 σο]δο(μων) - 21 ουτοι 15,13-17,10 σε 18,3-13 18,24 τ]ω(ν) - 30 τρια[κοντα 2° 18,32 δεκα 1° - 33 (απ)εστρεψεν 19,1-26 19,36 αυτων 19,37-20,3 21,4-21 μη[τηρ 21,22 οις - 28 αμναδας 21,28 αβρ]ααμ - 30 αμν(α)δα[ 22,2 λαβε - 18 σπερ[ματι 22,22-23,20 24,20 εδραμ]εν - 22 αι 24,30 ανθρωπον - 39 πορε[υσεται 24,52 το]ν αβρααμ - 54 (εκ)οιμηθησαν 24,54 και 5° - [α]πη[λθεν 24,62-67 μητρος 2° 25,1-9 ισαα[κ 25,11-19 γ[ενεσεις 25,27 οικ]ων - 26,9 ισαακ κ[αι 26,18 το(υ) 1° - 20 (εμαχε)σα[ντο 27,25 και 4° - 34 (σφ)οδρ[α 27,41 πενθο]υς - 42 αυ[της 2° 27,43 χαρραν - 45 σου 1° 27,45 μεταπεμψο]μαι - 28,2 θυ[γατερων 28,4 παροικησ(εως) - 6 θυ[γατερων 28,8 ι]δεν - 14 θαλασσ[αν 28,16 τ(ουτω) - 22 σο[ι 1° 29,1-3 (φρ)ε(ατ)ο[ς 29,18 νεωτερα(ς) - 20 αγαπ[αν 29,25-29 λαβαν 30,1 τω 1° - 3 εγω 30,16-20 ερετ[ιει 31,26-35 31,55 και 3° - 32,1 την 32,1 παρε]μβο(λην) - 2 (εκαλ)εσεν 32,16 ειπεν - 21 ν[υκτα 32,26 αυτ]ω - 31 (αυ)το[ς 33,8-15 δε ε[ιπεν 33,17 τοι]ς - fin 33,19 την 2° - 20 θ[εον 34,4-11 εναντιον 34,14 υιοι - 17 εισακουση[τε 34,18 του - 23 ομοιωθησομε[θα 34,26 μαχαιρα]ς - κ[αι 3° 34,27 εμ(ι)αν(αν) - 29 ο[ικιαις 34,30 αρι]θμω - 35,4 η[μερας 35,5 σικιμ]ων - 14 εστη[σεν 35,14 αυ]του - 15ς 36,1-2 (αιδ)ωμ 36,2 ευαιου - 11 εγε[νοντο 36,12-30 ηγε[μονιαις 37,3 ε]ποιησεν - 7 δ[εσμευειν 37,14 και 3° - 30 ο[υκ 38,6-12 και 3° 38,20 απεστειλ]εν - 21 fin 38,26 δεδι]καιωται - 40,15 του[του 40,21 - 41,4 εκλεκτας 41,4 ηγερθη - 7 και τους 41,7 ενυ]πνιον - 22 ωσ[περ 41,30 λιμος - 41 ιωσηφ 41,46 εναν]τιον - 49 fin 41,56 προσω]πον - 42,23 fin 42,35 και 1° - 43,5 νεωτερος 43,7 αδελ]φος - 11 τ[ερεμινθον 43,32 εαυ]τους - 34 fin 44,5 μ]ου - 10 εσεσθαι 44,11 αυτο[υ 2° - 16 την 44,32 παι(ς) - 45,1 μου 45,5 λυπει]σθε - 16 υιοι 1° 45,17 γεμισατ]ε - 21 εποιησα[ν 45,27 απεστειλ]εν - 28 fin 46,34 τ]ου - 47,2 εστησεν 47,4 ενισχυ]σ(εν) - 7 fin 47,19 κ(αι) 2° - 22 ιερε[ων 48.1-2 απηγ[γελη 48,5 οι 2° - 9 (ι)ωσηφ 48,15 ευλο]γ(ησεν) - 17 τ[ην 3° 49,1 init - τ[ων 49,9 σκυ]μνος - εγερε[ι 49,13-18 περι[μ. 49,24 συ]νετριβη - 27 πρωι[νον 49,31 εθα]ψαν 1° - 50,2 (εντα)φιασται.

The collation of the D text by Grabe, edited by H.Owen¹.Owen, Collatio codicis Cottoniani Geneseos cum editione Romana, a viro clarissimo J.E.Grabe jam olim facta, nunc demum summa cura edita ab H.Owen, London, 1778.¯ is represented byDG, though only if the text is not otherwise extant or is unreadable. In H.-P. it is I. ¹

F Milan, Bibl. Ambr., S.P. 51 (formerly A. 147 inf.). V. Century. Contents: 31,15 αι λελογισμεθα - 31,37 ηραυ[νησας 42,14 οτι κατασκοποι- 42,21 αυτου 3° 42,28 εταραχθησαν - 46,6 την κτη[σιν 47,16 ει εκλελοιπεν - 48,3 ωφθη 48,21 των - 50,14 αδελ[φοι. Because of damage to the page 42,21 ενεκεν - η and 42,21 θλιψις - 42,28 και 4° are lacking. F^a designates corrections in majuscle script, and F^b those in minuscle script, whereas F^c , those whose source is uncertain. Edition: A.M.Ceriani, Monumenta sacra et profana 3, Milan 1864. The edition contains only the original text without any of the corrections (except for correction by the original scribe). In H.-P. the ms is named VII.

G Leiden, Univ. Bibl. Voss. graec. in qu.8 IV.-V. Century. Content: 31,53 fin + αυτων - 36,18 θυγατρος ανα. Edition: C. Tischendorf, Monumenta sacra inedita. Nova collectio 3. Leipzig 1860. In H.-P. G = IV.

L Vienna Nationalbibl., Theol. gr. 31. V.-VI. Century. Content: 3,4-24 7,19 - 8,20 9,8-15 κατακλυσμον 9,20-27 14,17-20 15,1-5 19,12-26 19,29-35 η νεωτερα 22,15-19 24,1-11 υδατος 24,15 και ιδου-24,20 24,22-31 25,27-34 26,2-11 30,30 και ηυλογησεν-30,37 31,25 ιακωβ δε-31,34 32,6-18 ησαυ 32,22-32 μηρου ιακωβ 35,1-4 35,8-20 35,28-37,19 εκαστος 39,9 απ εμου- 39,18 εφυγεν 40,14 εκ του-41,2 ποταμου 41,21 και αι οψεις-41,32 ο θεος 42,21 της ψυχης-43,21 48,16 ο ρυομενος-49,3 τεκνων μου 49,28-50,4 ει ευρον χαριν. Omissions within these blocks are noted in the apparatus. Edition: W. v.Hartel and P. Wickhoff, Die Wiener Genesis. Vienna 1895.

M Paris, Bibl. Nat., Coisl. 1. VII Century The text is complete up to 34,2 αρ]χων - 38,24 τω. Numerous marginal notes obtain, including hexaplaric materials. Known in H.-P. as X. [[ Cavallo, Ricerche sulla maiuscola biblica p. 106 & pl. 96 descr. ]]

S London, Brit. Mus., Add. 43725. Earlier Leningrad, öff. Staatsbibl., Gr. 259. IV. Century. "Codex Sinaiticus". Only one fragmentary leaf of the Genesis text is preserved. Contents: 23,19 αυτη - 24,4 πορε[υση 24,5 εις την γην 2° - 24,8 απ[οστρε]ψης εκ[ει 24,9 ρη]ματος [τουτου] και - 24,10 μεσοποταμιαν 24,10 εις την πολιν - 24,14 πιε κ[αι τας του] καμη]λο[υς 24,30 λελαληκεν - 24,33 [και ειπεν ο]υ μη [φαγω εως του] λα[λησαι 24,36 αυτω 1° - 24,41 α]πο της 24,41 ορκισ]μου [μου και ελ]θων - 24,43 υδατος και 24,43 αι - 24,46 αυτης αφ. A few small traces from 2,17-18 25--27 are visible on the margin. Edition: C. Tischendorf, Monumenta sacra inedita. Nova collecio 2. Sinaitici Vaticani Alexandrini. Leipzig 1867. In Swete it is designated by <hb>alef</hb>.

2. Minuscule manuscripts.

14 Rome, Bibl.Vat. Palat.gr. 203 XI. Century. Cat. At some places the Lemma is written twice (8,21 9,6 16,11 24,3 25,4 25,22-23 48,15 49,3-4 49,8).

15 Paris, Bibl. Nat. Coisl.2. X. Century. The ms was written by three scribes: a) 1,2 - 2a ηγιþ$2[ασεν; b) 2a ηγι]ασεν - 41,42 αυτον 1°, 47,20 και 2° - fin; c) 41,42 επι - 47,20 λιμος. In Br.-M. = a.

16 Florence, Bibl. Laur., Plut. V 38. XI Century. The upper edges of the ms are damaged throughout; the letters there have been redrawn by a later scribe.

17 Moscow, formerly Syn.-Bibl. Cod. gr.385. X. Century. Cat. Through damage to edges the following are lost: 30,25 τ[ον ι]ωσηφ 31,11 ειπ[α 32,23 χειμαρ[ρουν 41,52 εφρα[ιμ 42,2 εκει [και 42,12 ειπε[ν 42,34 τη [γη 45,25 αυ[του 46,4 οφθαλμου[ς σου 47,5 κατοι[κει]τωσαν

18 Florence, Bibl. Laur., Medic. Palat. 242. XIV Century. The first page (Init up to 2,5 προ του 2°) is lost except for a few letters in 1,18-24.
Also 5,25-31 is lacking.

19 Rome Chigi R. VI 38. XII. Century. In Br.-M. = b

25 Munich, Bayer. Staatsbibl. Gr.9. XI Century. Cat.

29 Venice, Bibl. Marc., Gr.2. X.-XI. Century. Contents: 43,15 εναντιον ιωσηφ - fin. In Br.-M. = b₂.

30 Rome, Bibl. Casanat., 1444. XI.-XII. Century. Contents: 24,13 οικουντων - fin.

31 Vienna, Nat. Bibl., Theol. gr.7. XV. Century. Omissions in the Lemmata are noted in the apparatus.

44 Zittau, Christian-Weise-Bibl., A.1. XV. Century. In Br.-M. = d

46 Paris, Bibl. Nat., Coisl.4. XIII. Century. Init - 2,7 λαβων is lacking. A suppletor of the XVI. Century has prefaced on two pages 1,1 - 3,6 λαβουσα, which text is designated by 46®MDSD¯s.

52 Florence, Bibl. Laur., Acq.44. X.-XI. Century. (except for 20,6 αψασθαι ταυ]της - 24,62 το φρε[αρ; this text comes from the XIV Century). In Br.-M. = e.

53 Paris, Bibl. Nat., Gr. 17A. Written in 1439. In Br.-M. = f.

54 Paris, Bibl. Nat., Gr. 5. XIII.-XIV. Century. Change of scribe after 22,21 και τον καμουηλ. In Br.-M. = g

55 Rome, Bibl. Vat. Regin.gr, I. First half of X. Century. In Br.-M. = h.

56 Paris, Bibl. Nat., Gr.3. Written in 1096. The pages containing 11,8 οικοδομουντες - 15,18 αβραμ and 20,15 ε]ναντιον - 21,31 εκει are absent due to loss of leaf. Corrections of various scribes plus hexaplaric note obtain on the margin. In Br.-M. = i.

57 Rome, Bibl. Vat., Vat, gr. 747. XI. Century. Cat. Hexaplaric notes. In Br.-M. = j.

58 Rome, Bibl. Vat., Regin. gr. 10. XI. Century. Lacking are init - 5,30 fin 11,11 ετη - 27,15 πρεσβυτερου 34,2 και 3° - 36,26 ασβαν και 43,2 α]δελφον - 44,3 αυτοι. In Br.-M. = k.

59 Glasgow, Univ. Libr., BE 7^b.10. XV. Century. in Br.-M. = l.

64 Paris, Bibl. Nat., Gr. 2. X. Century. Init - 3,15 μεσον σου and 10,9 δια τουτο - 34,10 υμων are lacking. Corrections and hexaplaric notes on margin.

71 Paris, Bibl. Nat., Gr. 1. XIII. Century. Init - 3,20 and 10,7 και 2° - 13,11 απο 1° are absent.

72 Oxford, Bodl. Libr., Canon. gr. 35. XI.-XII. Century. In Br.-M. = m.

73 Rome, Bibl. Vat., Vat. gr. 746. XI.-XII. Century. Cat. Hexaplaric notes on the margin.

74 Florence, Bibl. Laur., S.Marco 700. Late XIII. Century. In 6,9-19 each line misses 2 to 7 letters through damage on the inner edge of the page.

75 Oxford, Univ. College 52. Written 1125. Latin corrections of a late hand are not collated. in Br.-M. = n.

76 Paris, Bibl. Nat., Gr.4. XIII. Century. For 19,2 απελευσεσθε - 19,19 δυνησομαι and 21,2 συλλαβουσα - 22,10 χειρα αυτου e silentio conclusions are not valid.

77 Rome, Bibl. Vat., Vat. gr. 748. XIII.-XIV. Century. Cat.

78 Rome, Bibl. Vat., Vat. gr. 383. XIII. Century. Cat. Hexaplaric notes.

79 Rome, Bibl. Vat., Vat. gr.1668. XII.-XIII. Century. Cat.

82 Paris, Bibl. Nat., Coisl.3. XII. Century. E silentio conclusions are invalid. In Br.-M. = o.

84 Rome, Bibl. Vat., Vat. gr. 1901. X.-XI. Century. Init - 28,2 αποδραθι is lacking. 37,14 αυτον - 38,12 οδολλαμιτης are lacking due to loss of leaf. E silentio conclusions for page 1 (28,2-15) not valid.

85 Rome, Bibl. Vat., Vat. gr. 2058. X. Century. Init - 48,3 - 48,3 is lacking. Hexaplaric notes. In Br.-M. = z.

106 Ferrara Bibl. Comun. 187 I. XIV. Century. in Br.-M. = p.

107 Ferrara, Bibl. Comun. 188. I. Written in 1334.

108 Rome, Bibl. Vat., Vat. gr. 330. XIII. Century. Init - 30,25 ως was added by two scribes in the XV. Century (21,19 - 24,9 by the second scribe). The text was one of the sources for the Complut. Polyglot. In Br.-M. = b, but it has been collated only in 10,2-32 and 25,12-18 where both 19 and 314 are absent.

118 Paris, Bibl. Nat., Gr.6. XI.-XII. Century. Init - 28,9 γυναιξιν is absent.

120 Venice, Bibl. Mar., Gr. 4. XI. Century. In Br.-M. = q [not g].

121 Venice, Bibl. Marc. Gr. 3. X. Century. The passage 25,33 απε]δοτο - 35,4 τους 2° is lost because of leaf lost, but was collated by H.-P. E silentio conclusions for 25,22-33 not valid. In Br.-M. = y.

122 Venice, Bibl. Marc., Gr.6. XV. Century. Its text was a basis for the Aldine.

125 Moscow, formerly Syn. Bibl., Gr.30. XIV. Century. The text is an abbreviated form of a text similar to that of 107, and has therefore been fully collated.

127 Moscow, formerly Syn. Bibl., Gr.31. XV. Century. Many hexaplaric notes. Edition: C.F.Matthaeus, Reportorium f. Bibl. u. Morgenl. Litt.4 (1779), 257-278.

128 Rome,Bibl. Vat., Vat. gr. 1657. XIII. Century. Init - 1,10 is absent.

129 Rome, Bibl. Vat., Vat. gr. 1252. XI.-XII. Century The numerous corrections on the margin originate with the original scribe. Its text was used for the Sixtine. In Br.-M. = r.

130 Vienna, Nat. Bibl., Theol. gr. 23. XII.-XIII. Century. In Br.-M. wrongly designated as 131. Init - 2,21 αυτου is lacking. Hexaplaric notes up to Chap. 31. In Br.-M. = s.

131 Vienna, Bat. Bibl., Theol.gr. 57. Late X. Century.

134 Florence, Bibl. Laur., Plutei V. 1. XI. Century. In Br.-M. = t.

135 Basel, Univ. Bibl., A.N. III.13. X. Century. Cat. Hexaplaric notes. In Br.-M. = c₂.

246 Rome, Bibl. Vat., Vat. gr. 1238, Written in 1195. In large part a palimpsest (the Gen. text is the upper writing). Through page loss the text of 1,26 και κα]θ - 3,8 εν μεσω is lacking.

313 Athens, Nat. Bibl. 43. XI. Century. Cat.

314 Athens, Nat. Bibl. 44. XIII. Century. The text of 10,2-32 αυτων 2° 25,12-18 36,8 ησαυ αυτος - 36,43 κατωκοδομημεναις is lacking. In Br.-M. = w.

318 Athos, βατοπαιδιου 598 (formerly 513). X.-XI. Century. Init. - 3,1 γυναικι is absent. 7,22 - 10,7 is absent due to leaf loss. 3,20 αυτου - 3,21 εξαπεστειλεν 4,18 γαιδαδ 1° - 4,22 σφυροκοπος 5,1 κατ - 5,3 εγεννησεν are only partially extant, and e silentio conclusions from these passages are not valid.

319 Athos, βατοπαιδιου 600 (formerly 513). Written in 1021, Due to damage on the edges e silentio conclusions are invalid for the following texts: 2,6-15 3,14-21 4,25-5,4 6,4-13 7,13-20.

340 Athos κουτλουμουσιου 39.  XI. Century. On pp. 229r-231r the text of 48,8-50,26 follows the title ευλογια ιακωβ εις τους δωδεκα αυτου υιους.

341 Athos κουτλουμουσιου 82. XII.Century. Only one page with the following content: 1,5 εγενετο - 1,13. On the left edge 3 to 6 letters are at times unreadable.

343 Athos λαυρα 352. X. Century. 8,20 απο 1° - 17,15 αβρααμ is the product of another scribe. Hexaplaric notes.

344 Athos παντοκρατερος 24. X. Century. 29,2 πατρος - 31,44 διαθωμεθα has been supplied by a later scribe. Hexaplaric notes. In Br.-M. = v.

346 Athos πρωτατου 53. XVII. Century.

368 Milan, Bibl. Ambr., Q.6 sup. (662). XI. Century (rescr. 1426). The text of two pp. has been overwritten (Pp.25 and 59): 33,4 και προσεπεσεν - 33,10 ευδοκησει[ς 33,18 και 1° - 34,4 λεγων 45,13 - 45,19 εντειλαι 45,27 ιδων - 46,6 ανελαβον ταυτα.

370 Rome, Chigi R VIII 61. X. Century Init - 1,31 εγενετο 1° is absent. 1,31 - 25,5 αβρα[αμ παντα was restored in the XIV. Century.

376 Escorial, Real. Bibl. υ-II-5. XV. Century. Init - 4,2fin and 14,13 συνωμοται - 16,15fin are lacking. In Br.-M. = c.

381 Escorial, Real Bibl., ω-I-13. XI. Century. Init - 19,15 αναστας and 41,2 εκλεκται - 41,57 επεκρατησεν are lacking..

392 Grottaferrata, Bibl. della Badia, A. γ. I. X. Century.

400 Constantinople. μετοχιον of the Holy Sepulcher 224. XI. Century. Cat. The following passages are absent: 1,1 - 2,7 6,13 - 6.18 γυνη σου 15,17-16,3 α[βραμ 1° 18,2 επανω - 18,8 υπο το 24,31 εισελθε - 26,8 παιζοντα 37,21 και - 37,34 τα 39,8 αυτου και - 39,14 λεγων 41,3 του ποταμου 2° - 41,14 εξυρησαν 42,24 προσηλθεν - 42,38 υμων 47,3 οι δε - 47,18 εκτριβωμεν 48,5 ως - 48,10 ηδυναντο 48,21 - 49,12 49,17 - 50,26. E silentio conclusions are not valid for 2,8-15, 19 11,19-27 18,10-21 24,9 44,18-45,13 45,24-46,2 46,6-47,3 47,18-48,5 48,10-20 49,13-16. Hexaplaric notes.

407 Jerusalem, Patr. Bibl., αγιου ταφου 2. End of IX. Century. 33,14 προς - 34,25 τριτη ωαs restored in the ×III. Century. Lacking are 1,1-3,10 αυτω and 8,20 καθαρων 1° - 11,13 γεννησαι. In Br.-M. = u.

408 Jerusalem, Patr. Bibl., αγιου ταφου 3. XII.-XIII. Century. Cat. 17,20 ευ]λογηκα - 18,3 αρα was not collated, since that page was not available to the LXX-Unternehmen.

413 Constaninople, Bibl. of the Seraglio 3, XII. Century. Cat. E silentio conclusions are not valid. Hexaplaric notes on the margins.

414 Leiden, Univ. Bibl., Voss. gr. in fol.13. XIV. Century. Cat.

422 London, Brit. Mus., Add. 35123. XII.-XIII. Century. Cat.

424 London, Brit. Mus., Burney 34 XV. Century. Cat.  The ms. has the following pieces of text: 1,2-18,16 αβρα[... 18,33 19,12 init - ει 19,18-19,19 εγω δε 19,27-28 επι 1° 20,1 init - α[να 2° 21,1 init - καθα 2° 21,9-12 σοι 2° 21,20 εγενετο - 22 μετα σου 22,1 init - αβρααμ 2° 22,4-5 και ειπεν 22,15-16 λεγει κς 22,20-22 24,6 μη - 19 24,22 init - ενωτια 25,1 - 26,7 της γυναικος 2° 26,19-20 ειναι 26,34-27,1 ε[γενετο 27,20-22 αυτου 27,30-33 ευλογησα 27,41 init - αποκτεινω 27,46-28,1 προσκαλεσα[μενος 28,10-12 και 1° 28,18 init - εστησεν 29,1 init - συρου 29,13 init - διη[γησατο 30,1 init - αυτης 30,14-15 μανδρα[γορων 30,25-26 απελθω 30,26 ιακωβ δε - 37 περι συρων 31,3-4 31,16 νυν ουν - 18 απο[σκευην 31,32 init - ρα[χηλ 31,44 31,54-55 αναστας δε 32,6-7 ιακωβ 32,24-25 ιακωβ 33,1-2 εποιησε 34,25 35,1-9 22 36,1-2 χετταιου 36,31-32 πολει 37,2-4 εμισησαν αυτον 37,13 init - αυτους 37,29-30 εν 38,1 init - οδολαμιτην 38,11 init - μου 38,24 init - σου 39,1 init - φαραω 39,13-14 λεγουσα 40,1-2 δυσιν 40,20 init - αυτου 1° 41,14 init - αυτον 2° 41,39-40 υπα[κουσεται 41,50-51 πρωτο[τοκου 42,1 init - ινα 42,24 και 1° - απ αυτων 43,2 init - ειπεν 44,4 init - της 45,15 και 2° - 16 φωνη 46,2 - 3 εθνος 46,8 init - αυτου 46,26 init - μηρων 47,7 47,18 init -αυτω 47,28 48,1 init - αναλαβων 48,8-9 αυτους 1° 48,20 init - ποι[ησαι 49,1 init - α[παντησει 49,4 ανεβης - 13 ζαβουλων η 49,16-21 ν[εφθαλιμ 49,27 49,33 και 2° - 50,3 επληρωσαν 50,15 init - οσα αν

426 London, Brit. Mus., Add. 39585 (formerly Curzon 66). Beginning of XI. Century. Init - 1,31 τα παντα is lacking. In Br.-M. = x.

458 Messina, Bibl. Univ. S.Salv. 62 XII. Century. Lacking is Init - 5,19 εζη]σεν ια[ρεδ]. For 5,19-21 29-30 6,6 16 7,3 11-12 e silencio conclusions are not valid. Up to 9,1 the ms has many hexaplaric notes.

500 Vienna, Nat. Bibl. Suppl. gr. 176 (formerly Nikolsberg. Dietr. Schlossbibl. II 221). XI.-XII. Century. Cat.

508 Oxford, Bodl. Libr., Auct.F.4.32. Written cir. 817. On p.28b the ms. has the text of 1,1-2,3 and on pp.34b-36a the text of 22,1-19 in Greek and Latin with the Greek in Latin transcription, designated as 508^Gr and 508^{Lat  resp.}

509 Oxford, Bodl. Libr. Auct.T.inf.2.1; Cambridge, Univ. Libr., Add.1879.7; Leningrad, öff.Staatsbibl, Gr.62. IX.-X. Century. The contents of the Oxford ms. are 1,1-42,18; the Cambridge page has 42,18 - 43,14, and the remainder, i.e. 43,14 - fin lib. are in the Leningrad Library. Edition of the Oxford Ms: C. Tischendorf, Monumenta sacra inedita, Nova collectio 2, Leipzig 1857. The Oxford text was collated from the edition. The majuscle text ends with 42,30fin. The remainder is a minuscle text. The pages containing 14,7-18,24 δι[καιων, 20,14 απε]δωκεν - 25,54 εκπεμψα[τε and 46,12 και φαρες - 47,23 εαυτοις were lost. In Br.-M. the majuscle text = E, and the minuscle, a₂.

527 Paris, Bibl. de l'Arsenal 8415. XIV. Century. 1,1-13,10 περιχωρον was restored in the XVI. Century. In some places the faded text was retraced. Variants from these passages are designated as 527^s.

537 Paris, Bibl. Nat., Coisl. 184. XIII. Century. Lacking are init-19,5 εξα[γαγε and 41,19 βοες - 43,15. 1,1-7 επανω was written by another scribe.

539 Paris, Bibl. Nat., Coisl. 193. XI. Century. Excerpts from Cat. Its contents are as follows: 1,2 1,6 init - στερεωμα 1,9 και οφθητω η ξηρα 1,17 init - ουρανου 2,8 init - ανατολας 2,18 ποιησωμεν - fin 2,21 init - αδαμ 2,22 2,23 τουτο - σαρκος μου 3,7 init - ησαν 4,9 που - σου 4,16 init - θεου 4,24 4,25 εξανεστησε - αβελ 4,26 ουτος - θεου 5,3 init - αυτου 2° 5,22 init - θεω 5,24 και ουχ - θεος 6,2-3 σαρκας 6,4 init - εκειναις 6,5-7 κτηνους 6,9 νωε 2° - αυτου 6,11 init - θεου 6,18 εισελευσει - fin 6,22-7,2 δυο δυο 7,11 ερραγησαν - fin 7,13 init -υιοι νωε 7,16 και εκλεισε - fin 7,19 init - σφοδρα σφοδρα 7,20 init - υδωρ 7,24 8,1 init - θηριων 8,7 8,9 init - της γης 8,12 8,20-21 νεοτητος 9,1-8 αυτου 2°

550 Paris, Bibl. Nat., Gr.128. XII. Century. Cat. No e silentio conclusions are valid for 550^{mg .}

551 Paris, Bibl. Nat., Gr.129 XIII. Century. Cat. For 551^mg No e silentio conclusions are valid

569 Paris, Bibl. Nat., Gr.161. XIII. Century. (rescr.) The top script is the Genesis text. The text is lost after 34,27 εν η. Also lacking are 12,14 init -13,18fin and 31,24-32,32. No e silentio conclusions are valid after 33,8.

610 Paris, Bibl. Nat., Suppl. gr. 609. XIV. Century. The text begins with 18,7 και εις τους βους.

615 Patmos, ιωαννου του θεολογου 216. XI. Century. Cat.

618 Patmos, ιωαννου του θεολογου 410. XIII. Century. Init - 19,30fin is lacking.

619 Patmos, ιωαννου του θεολογου 411. XV. Century. Init - 8,13 στεγην is lacking. Some remnants of 4,8-16, though fragmentary, are recognizable. The leaf containing 9,7 και 2° - 10,21fin is lost.

630 Leningrad, öff. Staatsbibl., Papadopulos-Kerameus 8. X. Century. The following passages were restored in the XII. Century: 19,21-21,33 και 1° 24,6-26,9 μηποτε 31,32 αυτους - 31,47 εκαλεσεν 1° 32,10 ταυτη διεβην - 35,16 εν. The ms begins with 19,21 ιδ]ου εθαυμασα [ σου το προσωπον]. The following passages are lacking: 1,1-19,20 21,33 εφυτευσεν - 24,5 εκειθεν 26,9 αποθανω - 29,21 ο[πως 31,47 αυτον 1° - 32,10 μου 34,26 εν στοματι - 35,3 θλιψεως 35,16 τω τοκετω - 36,6 οσα 1° 38,23 μηποτε - 39,6 και 1°.

646 Rome, Bibl. Vat., Berber gr. 474. XII. Century. Cat. The following passages are lacking: 1,1-10 θαλασσας 2,6-3,10 και εις 8,1 και επηγαγεν - 14,20 σοι 22,5 εγω - 26,1 χω[ρις 29,28-32,25 μηρου αυτου 37,25 εγε]μον - 43,22fin 49,8-18.

662 Rome, BIbl. Vat., Pii II., Gr. 15, IX. Century (rescr. XIII. Century)
The original uncial script was carefully erased, so that only the hexaplaric marginal readings could be fully collated. E silentio conclusions are not valid. The following passages were collated: 37,14 και 3° - 21 αυτων 38,12 και παρακληθεις - 16 εισελθειν 38,16 η δε ειπεν - 28 προτε[ρος 39,1 ανηρ - 3 αυτου 1° 39,6 ιωσηφ 1° - 8 ου 39,10 υπη]κουεν - 19 εποιησεν 42,9 ειδεν - 10 σου 42,13 οι παιδες - 14 ιωσηφ 42,16 φαραω - 21 ημων 1° 45,8 θεο]ς και - 10 βοες σου 45,13 τω - 17 [γεμισ]ατ[ε.

664 Rome, Bibl. Vat. Pii II 220 ×IV. Century. 1,1-2,2 θεος εν τη was restored in the XVII. Century. 11,31-13,11 ανατολων is lacking. Many corrections on the margin. The edge is often damaged, so that e silentio conclusions for 664^mg are not valid.

707 Sinai, Cod. gr.1; Leningrad, öff.Staatsbibl., Gr. 260. The Codex was assembled from four mss. glued together. To that was added a page from a Suppletor. 707 = X.-XI. Century; 707^I  = XIV.-XV. Century; 707^II  = XII. Century; 707^III = XI. Century; 707^s  = XIV. Century. The codex consists of the following passages: 707: Pp.1b-2b = 40,20 εποιει ποτον - 42,8 αδελ[φους; pp.42a-43b = 42,8 αδελ]φους - 44,18 λαλησατω ; p. 45a-b = 45,26 τ]η διανοια - 47,13 η γη 1°; 1 leaf from Leningrad = 47,13 αιγυπτου - 48,17 αυτην; pp.46a-47a = 48,17 απο - fin libri. 707^I : pp.3a-30b = 1,1-29,7 πολλη (28,19-29,7 is crossed out). Since the text types of 707 and 707^I agree, only the designation 707 is used. 707^II : pp.31a-41a = 28,18 ακρον - 42,7 707^III : pp.282a-283a = 37,19 αυτου ιδου - 39,5 αιγυπτιου 707^s: p.44ab = 44,18 λαλη]σατω - 45,26 τη διανοια.

708 Sinai, Cod. gr. 2. ×. Century. Cat. Init -16,5 δε[δωκα is lacking.

730 Venice, Bibl. Marc., Gr. 15. XII. Century. Cat

739 Venice, Bibl. Marc., Gr.534. X. Century. Init - 43,20 γαρ and 49,8 - fin libri. was restored in the XIV. Century.

761 Zurich, City Libr., C.11. XIII. Century. Cat.

799 Athens, Nat. Bibl. 2491. Written in 1280. The text begins with 3,14 [παν]των των κτηνων

3. Uncollated manuscripts.

The following younger mss. were not collated, since they could not be expected to contain worthwhile textual information.

68 Venice, Bibl. Marc., Gr.5. XV. Century. This ms. is closely related to Ms. 122. Only Chapter 50 was collated.

83 Lisbon, Arch. da Torre de Tombo 540. XVI. Century. Cat.

126 Moscow, formerly Syn. Bibl. 19. Written in 1475. Cat. The ms was not available to the LXX Unternehmen.

350 Berlin, Staatsbibl., Phill. 1405. Written cir 1540. Cat.

373 Escorial, Real Bibl., -I-6.[[??]] Written in 1586. Cat.

374 Escorial, Real Bibl., -II-17.[[??]] Written in 1572. Cat.

431 Madrid, Bibl. Nat. 4673. XVI. Century. Cat.

461 μετεωρα 261. XVI. Century.

483 Munich, Bayern Nat. Bibl., Gr.82. XVI. Century. Cat. According to Rahlfs a copy of Ms. 14.

552 Paris, Bibl. Nat., Coisl. 130 and 132. XV. Century. Cat. Copy of ms. 550. Only chapter 50 was collated.

633 Rome, Bibl. Angel. 114. XVI. Century. Cat.

651 Rome, Bibl. Vat., Barber. gr. 569. XVI. Century. Cat.

666 Rome, Bibl. Vat., Regin. gr. 7. XV. Century. Cat. Content: 1,1-3,7. Copy of ms. 17.

691 Rome, Bibl. Vat., Vat. gr. 1684. XVI. Century. Cat.

723 Turin, Bibl. Naz., B.III. 15. XVI. Century. Cat.

Too late available for collation:

394 Rome, Bibl. Vat., Vat. gr. 2306 (formerly Grottaferrata A. δ. XXIII); IX-X. Century (rescr.; acc. to Aly X.-XI. Century). Contents: 26,16-19 26,25-29 27,1-4 13-17 25-29 34-37 42-45 28,5-8 43,23?-44,9? 44,9-31 50,17-26. Confer W. Aly, De Strabonis codice rescripto, Studi e Testi 188 (Cittα d. Vaticano 1956), vii-xx and Jean Irigoin, L'Italie méridionale et la tradition des textes antiques, Jahrbuch d.österreich. byzantinischen Gesellschaft 18 (1969), 37-55 The ms. was subsequently examined; the text appears to be closely related to that of the d/t Text groups.

The following mss. were destroyed by fire:

364 μεγα πηλαιον, βεης 68, XIV. Century.

716 Smyrna, ευαγγελ. χολη α-1. XII. Century. Cat.

4. Papyri

806 Vienna, Nat. Bibl., P.Gr. Vind. 26101. Early V. Century. Pieces of a Parchment codex leaf. The following incomplete fragments are extant: 27,43-28,4,5-6. Edition: P.Sanz, Griechische literarische Papyri christlichen Inhalts I. Mitteilungen aus der Papyrussammlung d. National­bibliothek in Wien. N.S. IV. Folge. Baden b. Wien 1946, 13-16. Photo and brief description in Christliches mit Feder und Faden, Christliches in Texten, Textilien und Alltagsgegenständen aus Ägypten, edd. J. Henner, H. Förster, U. Horak (Wien 1999), no. 1

807 Vienna, Nat. Bibl., P.Gr. Vind. 26112. V. Century. A parchment fragment. The following incomplete fragments are extant: 43,16-17 20-21. Edition: P. Sanz (cf Ms. 806), 16-17.

814 New Haven, Yale Univ., P. Yale Inv. 419. Written cir 90 A.D. Fragment of a parchment leaf. Content (incomplete) 14,5-8 12-15. Edition: J.F. Oates, A.E. Samuel, C.B. Welles, Yale Papyri in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library I, New Haven-Toronto 1967, 3-8. [[On dating, see also Turner, Codex, ???; new edition by S. Emmel, "Greek Papyri in the Beinecke Library," ZPE 112 (1996) 289 - 291.]]

815 Erlangen, Univ. Bibl., P. Erlangen 2. IV.-V. Century. Leaf from a parchment codex. Content (incomplete): 41,48-57. Edition: W. Schubart, Die Papyri der Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen, Erlangen 1942, 1-3.

820 Damascus, Ommayid Mosque, Akz. No.481, I. IX. Century. The deciphering is based on a photograph from the literary remains of Violet. Contents: 10,12 δασεμ - 10,13 τους 2°. εdition: K. Treu, Majuskelbruch­stücke der Septuaginta aus Damaskus (=MSU VIII), Göttingen 1966, 5 (No.I).

831 Berlin, Staatl. Mus., P.17035. Written cir 500. Fragment from a parchment codex. Contents (defective): 36,14-15 23-24. Edition: K. Treu, Actes du X^e congrès intern. de papyrologues ... 1961 (Polish Academy, 1964) 209-213.

832 Ann Arbor, Univ. Libr., P. Michigan, Inv.2724. IV. Century. Fragmentary. Contents: 13,7 εγε[νετο - 13,8 ει[πεν 13,20 ιορδαν]ου-13,11 (τ)η[ν. Edition: H.A.Sanders and C. Schmidt (see ms 911),430.

833 Messina, Bibl. Univ., S.Salv.140. VIII.-IX. Century (rescr.) Palimpsest in Uncial script. (Genesis is the text underneath [see also Numbers]). Contents: 10,20 αυ]των κατα - 13,3 σκη[νη 18,13 τι οτι - 19,33 του. 12,11 ευπροσωπος - 12,15 εις is barely readable. So e silentio conclusions are not valid. The following texts are lacking: 10,32 τον κατακλυσμον - 11,1 φωνη 11,9 συνεχεεν-διεσπειρεν 11,16 εγεν]νησεν - 11,17 γεννησαι 11,26 εβδομ. - αβραμ 12,1 και εκ 2° - πατρος 18,20 αυτων - 18,21 ει 1° 18,28 ειπεν - τεσσαρακοντα 19,2 υ]μων 2° - ορθρισαντες α[... 19,8 αρ]εσκη - τουτους 19,14 ειληφοτας - ειπεν 19,19 ποι]εις - δυνησομαι 19,28 προσωπον 2° - και 5°.

879 Cairo, Egyptian Museum SR 3805 (9): 4th century CE fragments of  Gen 34.21-22 and 25 (parchment, 2 col) published by A. Hanafi, in G.Pugliese-Caratelli et al. (edd.), Roma e l'Egitto nell'Antichita Classica (1992), 191-196; see also Archiv für Papyrusforschung 43 (1997), 108.

891 Sinai, St.Catherine's Monastery MG 76: 4th or 5th century CE parchment fragment of Gen 27-28; James H. Charlesworth, The New Discoveries in St. Catherine's Monastery: A Preliminary Report of the Manuscripts, ASOR Monograph 3  (Winona Lake IN: ASOR, 1981);  P. Orsini, Manoscritti in maiuscola biblica, Rome 2005, p. 140;  P.Nicolopoulos, Ta nea euremata tou Sina, 1998, p.154 no.76 with pl. 90; L.Politis, Scriptorium 34 (1980), pl.1a .

901 Berlin, Staatl. Mus., P.6770. VII. Century. Fragment from a Parchment codex. Contents (fragmentary) 5,10-13 28-30. Edition: O Stegmüller, Berliner Septuagintafragmente. BK VIII, Berlin 1939, 3-4.

903 Berlin, Staatl. Mus., P.9778. VI.-VII. Century. Two badly preserved double-leaves of a very small Parchment Codex. Very carelessly written. Contents (defective): 27,29 30 37-39 28,1-5. Edition: O. Stegmüller (see ms. 901), 6-10.

905 P.Oxyrh. 656 = Oxford, Bodl. Libr., Gr. bibl.d.5 (P). Early III. Century. Four fragmentary leaves of a Papyrus Codex. Some corrections obtain from a second scribe. Almost uniquely the ms tends to omit the word κυριος, if is used of God. On one occasion (15,8) a space for the expected κε obtains. Contents (Defective): 14,21-23 15,5-9 19,32-20,2 20,2-11, 24,28-37 24,38-47 27,32-33 27,40-41. Edition: B.P.Grenfall and A.S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Pt. IV, London 1904, 28-36 (Facs. of 24,28-37). In Br.-M. - U4 .

907 P. Oxyrh. 1007 = London, Brit.Mus., P.2047. Late III. Century. Fragment of a Parchment Codex. The text is written in two columns. Contents (defective): Verso 2,7-9 16-19 Recto 2,23-3,1 6-8. Edition: B.F. Grenfell and A.S. Hunt, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Pt. VII. London 1910, 1-3 (Facs. of the Recto).

911 Berlin Staatl. Mus., Fol. 66. I, II. Late III. Century. The text is distinguished by a large number of orthographic peculiarities. For its textual character comp. beyond the discussion of Schmidt (cf below) the work of Pietersma (see under Literature ...). Contents (all vv. very fragmentary): 1,16-22 2,5-9 11-22 23-24 3,1-24 4,1-7 9-12 13-26 5,1-13 15-17 19-22 24-31 6,1-17 19-22 7,1-24 8,1-2 4-22 9,1-29 10,1-32 11,1-32 12,1-12 12,13-13,2 13,4-14,1 14,2-17 14,17-15,7 15,10-16,2 15,4-8, 15,11-16,6 16,8-17,10 12-24 17,27-18,18 18,22-19,4 19,15-22 19,33-20,1 20,12-18 21,13-17 21,30-22,2 13-17 23,6-12 24,4-8 20-23 24,37-35,8. Edition: H.A. Sanders and C. Schmidt, The Minor Prophets in the Freer Collection and the Berlin Genesis. Univ. of Michigan Studies. Humanistic Series XXI, New York 1927 (also a Facimile-edition, New York 1927).

912 Pierpont Morgan Libr., P. Amherst. III.-IV. Century. A small fragment, of which the Verso has two versions of 1,1-5, both LXX and αÿb'. In the apparatus these are designated as 912¹  and 912²  resp. Edition with Facsimile: P.B. Grenfell and A.S. Hunt. The Amherst Papyri, Pt.1 London 1900, 30-31. In Br.-M. =U2.

929Harris, Biblical fragments from Mount Sinai 5 p. 11-15
= Nachr. Akad. Göttingen, Phil.-Hist. Klasse (1915), p. 404-414 Exodus 21.22-22.15; parchment palimpsest, 6/7 CE; Genesis 33.14-34.25; Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) prol. 19 - 3.11

935 Munich, Bayer. Staatsbibl., Gr.610 No.1. IV. Century. A small Parchment fragment. Only a few letters are extant. Contents (deficient): 37,35 38,1 5 9. Edition: W. Gerhäusser and A.Rahlfs, Münchener Septuaginta-Frag­­mente (=MSU I,4), Berlin 1913. Collated by Br.-M. I.4 (1917), vi.

939 Cambridge, Univ. Libr., Ms.Or.1287 (formerly Privatbibl. Lewis) and Beuron, Greek Genesis Fragments. VIII. Century? The ms was dated by Lewis in the VI.-VII. Century, by Dold, however, in the VIII. Century, and later in the VIII.-IX. Century. A Palimpsest text in uncial script containing hexaplaric notes. Contents: the Cambridge fragment contains 40,3 φυλα]κη - 40,5 παρεστη[... 40,6 τεταραγμ. - 40,7fin; the Beuron- leaf has 41,8 η ψυχη - αυτοις 41,10 αρχισιτο]ποιον - 41,12 νεανισκοι 41,39 συνετωτερος- 41,41 καθι[στημι 41,43 ανε]βιβασεν - 41,44 εγω (fragm.). Editions: A.S. Lewis in Exp. (1901), 55-57 and A. Dold in BZ 18 (1929), 241-270. Cf. also Biblica 11 (1930), 231-235 and 12 (1931), 367f.

940 Paris, Bibl. Nat., Gr. 1397,2. Pp.9-10 and 14-15 (formerly pp 223-222 and 218-217). VIII. Century. Contents:

942 Cairo, Soc. Egypt. de Papyri. P.Fouad, Inv. 266a. Written cir 50 B.C.E. Very fragmentary. Contents: 7,17-20 38,10-12. Edition with Facsimile: F. Dunand, Extrait des Etudes de Papyrologie, t.IX, Le Caire 1966, 81-83. [ Zaki Aly and L. Koenen, Three rolls of the Early Septuagint, 1980; and  Kurt Treu, Archiv für Papyrusforschung 28 (1982), 91 (5a).]

944 P. Oxyrh. 1166 = London, Brit. Mus., P.2066. III. Century. Very fragmentary. Contents: 16,8-12. Edition with Facsimile: A.S. Hunt, The Oxyrh. Papyri, Part IX, London 1912, 1-2.

945 P. Oxyrh. 1167 (soon afterwards Brussels, Musées Royaux). IV. Century. Very fragmentary. Contents: 31,42-46 47-54. Edition: A.S. Hunt (cf ms 944).

949 Vienna, Nat. Bibl., Rainer, Litt. theol. 1-3. IV.-V. Century. Three fragments of a codex. Very fragmentary. Contents: 38,23* 25* 28-29* 39,1* 40,1-3* 11-12*. Edition: C. Wessely, Studien zur Paläographie u. Papyruskunde IX, Leipzig 1909, 2.

953 London, Brit. Mus., P.inv. No. 2557. Written cir 300. A fragmentary leaf out of a papyrus codex. Contents: 46,28-32 47,3-5. Edition: H.J.M. Milne, Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the Brit. Museum, London 1927, 165-166.

958 Oslo, P.Osloensis II No.11. Early IV. Century. Fragment of a leaf from a Florilegium or Testimonium. P.Ryl. Gr. 400 is on the same leaf. Very fragmentary; Contents: 26,13-14. Edition: G. Rudberg, Videnskapsselskapets Forhandlinger, Christiana 1923, and S. Eitrem-L. Amundsen, Papyri Osloenses, fasc. II, Oslo 1931, 10f. (No.11).

959 Berlin, Staatl. Mus., P.16353. IV.-V. Century. Contents (damaged): 13,3-6 8-9. Edition: O. Stegmüller (see Ms.901), 4-6 (with Facsile on the Recto).

961 Dublin, Chester Beatty Libr., P. Chester Beatty IV. IV. Century. Contents: For both 961 and 962 the * with a verse number means fragmentary text.¯ 9(1*-5*)10...]ω[ν] απο-12 13* 16* 17-20* 21* (22*-27*) 10(2*-9*) 14*-19* 20* 22* 23*-30* 31* (10,32*-11,5* 8* 11*) 13* -19* 21 ραγου-28* αρραν (29*-32*) 12,(3*-7*) 8*...]τολας-14* 15 επηνε]σαν - 20* μετ α[... 13,(2*-7*) (9*-15*) 13,15-αυ]την-14,2* 3*-8* (9*-13* 14*-18*) 20* 21* 14,22*-15,1* 2*-7* 8* (9*-14*) 17,(7*-11*) 12 σπερμα]τος-17* ει 18 τον-23* (17,23*-18,2*) (3*-8*) 10 επα]ναστρεφων-13* 14*-15* 16 κατε]βλεψαν-21* καταβας ο[...(21*-25*) (27*-23*) 19,1 εξανε]στη-5* αυτον 5 η]μας-10* (11*-14* *15*-19*) 20 μικρα-25* κα[ι 4° 26 οπι]σω-31* ο π[ατηρ (31*-34* 19,35*-20,3*) 4 εθνος-8* σφο[δρα 9 τι τουτο-14* απε[δωκεν (20,15*-21,2* 5*-11*) 12 κληθη]σεται-17 [αγαρ εκ τ]ου ου 17 φωνης-23* (24*-30* 21,32*-22,3*) 3 επι--7* 8* 8 αμα-13* και ε[πορ. (14*- 18* 22,20*-23,3*) 6 κε-10* 10 των 3°-16* (16*-20*) 24,(2*-6*) 7 λεγων-10* 11 τας-15* (15*-20* 22*-27*) 29 προς-33* 34 ειπεν-39* (40*-43* 44*-48*) 49 αριστε]ραν-55* 55 του]το- 61*(61*-67*) 25,2* τ]ον 1°-5* 6* 7* 9 αυ]του-15* 16 τα-21* 22*-24* 25*-26* 28*-33* 34* 26,2 ωφθη-6* 7 περι-10* 11*-15* 16* 18*-21* 22* 24 του-28* 29 βδε]λυξαμεθα-34* 27,1*-4* 5* (7*-9*) 10-12* 13* 14 αυτου 2°-18* 19* 20 δε 2°-25* 26*(27*-30* 32*-36*) 37*-40* 41 τον-45* (27,46*-28,4*) 5* ιακ]ωβ 2°-9* 10* 11*-14* 15 ταυ]την-19* 20* 28,21*-29,2* 3* 4*-8* 9* 10 τον-13* 15 ει-20* (22*-27*) 29*-33* 29,35 ειπεν-30,4* 6 της-11* 12* 14*-16* 18*-22* 25 απο]στειλον-30* 21 τουτο-34* 35* 36*-38* 30,40*-31,1* 3 αποστρεφου-6* 7* 9 κτη]νη-12* 13* 14*-17* 18* 20*-24* 25* 27* 28 29*-30* 32 ι]ακωβ-33* 34* (35*-39*) 41*-43* 44 εμου 2°-47* 50 ταπεινωσεις-54* 32,(1*-5*) 7*-9* 10* 12 σε-15* 16 ποι]μνης 2°-18* 19* 20*-22* 23* 25*-29* 32,32* ε]νεκεν-33,1* 2* 4 εδ]ραμεν-7 προσεκ[... 1° 10* ει-13* 14 μου 3°-17* 18* 34,1*-4* 5* 7 η]λθον-9* 11*-13* 14* 16*-19* 20* 21 ημων 2°-23* 24* 25 μαχαιραν-28* (34,30*-35,1* 3*-5*) 7...]δρασκειν-9* 10* 11* 12 τ]αυτην-15* 16* 18*-21* 22* 26* 27*-29* 36,1* (4*-6*) 9* ησαυ-11* 12*-13* (15*-19* 22*-28*) 31*-34* 37*-39* 40* 43* 37,1-2* 4*-7* 9*-11* 14*-16* βοσκου[... (19*-21* 24*-27*) 28*-31* (33*-36*) 38,(2*-7* 9*-12*) 13*-15* 18*-20* (22*-25* 26*-29*) 39,(2*-4* 5*-7* 9*-11*) 13*-15* 18*-19* 22* 23* 40,2* 3*-5* (7*-10* 13*-14* 16*-18* 20*-23*) 41,1* (3*-7*) 10*-12* 14* 15*-17* (19*-21* 24*-27* 31*-33* 35*-36* 39*-42* 44*-46*) 48*-50* 53*-55 αι[γυπτου 57* 42,1* 2* (11*-13* 16*-18* 28*-30*) 33*-34* 43,6*-7* (9*-11*) 21*-22* 25* 26* 44,17* 21* 22*

For the textual character of 961 see the work of Pietersma (see Literature below). Edition: F.G. Kenyon, The Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri, Fasc. IV, London 1934 (Facsimile edition London 1935) and Pietersma.

962 Dublin Chester Beatty Libr., P. Chester Beatty V. Late III. Century. Contents: 8,(13-17 21 22)* 9(1-2)* 24,(13-21)* (21-29)* (30-35)* 36-39 (40-46)* 47 (48-50)* 51-54* (55-61)* 62-65* (24,66-25,21)* 30,(20-21 24-26 28-33 35-42)* 31,(1-3 5-13 19 24-26 29-30 33-38 40-45 47-55)* 32,(5-9 14-32)* 33(1-8 10-17 18-20)* 34,(1-31)* 35,1* 2 (3-9)* 10 (11-16)* 39,(3-5)* 6-8 (9-14)* 15-16 (17-23)* 40,(1-13)* 41,(9-16)* 17 (18-26)* 27-31* (32-41)* 42-43* (44-48)* 49-52* (53-57)* 42,1-4 (5-11)* 12-16* (17-21)* 22-25* (26-30)* 31-34* (35-37)* 42,38-43,4* (5-29)* 30-34 44,(1-4)* 5-10* (11-34)* 45,(1-27)* 28 46,1-3* (4-33)*.

For the textual character of 962 see the work of Pietersma (see Literature below). Edition: F.G. Kenyon (see Ms 961) (Facsimile edition London 1936) and Pietersma.

977 Berlin, Staatl. Mus., P.16989. VI. Century. A very fragmentary piece of a Parchment leaf. Contents: 29,17-20, Edition: O. Stegmüller (see ms 901), 64.

995 Berlin, Staatl. Mus., P.17213. III. Century. A fragment of a leaf of a parchment codex. Contents: 19,11 [μικρο]υ εως-19,13 [οτ]ι υψ[ωθη 19,17 και ει[παν]-19,19 τη[ν ψυχην]. Edition: K. Treu APF XX(1970), 43-47.

997 Hamburg, Staats. u. Univ. Bibl., P.Ibscher 5. IV. Century. Fragment of a leaf from a parchment codex. Content (broken): 41:45-51 55-57. Edition: H.Tiemann (editor), Veröff. aus. d. Hamburger Staats- und Univ. Bibl., Vol. IV, Hamburg 1954, 131-132.

5. Collated Manuscripts lacking a Rahlfs number.

Geneva Pap. No.99. V.-VI. Century. Contents: 37,3 υ]ιους-37,4 [τ]ων υιω 37,8 [α]υ[το]υ 3°-37,9 και ε[νδεκα. The text is not LXX, but rather a later Jewish targum translated into Greek. So it has not been noted in the apparatus. Edition: J. Nicole, Rev. d. philol., n.s. 28 (1904) and A.Rahlfs, MSU I, 65-68. In Br.-M. =Δ₄

Cairo. A Parchment fragment in the binding of Pap. No. 88747 (Cairo-Museum), that contains a piece of 31,8. Edition: Extraits des Livres I et II du Contre Celse d'Origène d'apres le papyrus no. 88747 du Musée du Caire par Jean Scherer, Institut Francais d'Archaeologie Orientale. Bibl. d'Etude XXVIII, Le Caire 1956,4.

Leningrad, öff. Staatsbibl., Gr.559 (Len 559). VIII.-IX. Century (rescr. XIII. Century). The script underneath is Genesis text. A Palimpsest leaf apparently from a Florilegium. Contents: 9,18-24. Since the ms. has numerous itacisms, itacistic spellings of Proper Nouns are not noted.

London, Brit. Mus., Inv. No. 212 (= Oxyrh. 228). A fragment apparently of a homily, with a quotation from 14,17. In Br.-M. = U₃

Paris, Bibl. Nat., Coisl. 296. A Lectionary. On pages 5-6a under the title η διαθηκη του ιακωβ the text of 49,1-53 εξελειπεν and 50,22 και εζησεν - 50,23fin appears. Comp. R. Devreesse, Bibl. Nat., Dépt. des manscrits. Le fonds Coislin. Catalogue des manuscrits grecs II. Paris 1945.

Strassburg, Pap.gr. 748 (Strass 748). Likely V. Century. Fragmentary. Contents: 25,19 τον - 25,22 δε 1° 26,3 γη-26,4fin. The text shows a completely revised text, based on MT, and so has barely any relevance for LXX; it is simply a curiosum. Edition: O. Plasberg, Strasssburger Anekdoten, APF II 2/3,Leipzig 1903.In Br,-M. = Δ₃

Venice, Bibl. Marc., Gr. 494 (Ven 494). Testamenta filiorum Jacob on Pp.263r-264v. Contents: 49,17 οφις-49,18 κυριου

6. Greek Patristic Citations

The citation of the Patristic Fathers represents an area of research where the unwary easily arrive at overly rapid results. It is often difficult to distinguish between an actual citation and mere allusions. An uncritical employment of allusions as witness for particular readings may easily create a false image as to the Biblical text used by an ancient Father. The use of biblical citations by the Fathers is often not particularly exact; in fact, this sometimes shows a Church Father as witness to three or four textual allegiences in a particular passage, which is patently absurd. On the one hand, certain Fathers, such as Origen and Eusebius cite quite precisely, so that one can rely with some confidence on citations in their works. On the other hand, some Fathers such as Chrysostom or Epiphanius use Biblical passages with excessive freedom. Especially with Chr it is imperative that one exercise extreme care in deciding whether a citation is a real one. Many of his citations are not actually such at all, but are merely allusions which are newly transformed by his own inimitable style.

In this edition, many instances where Br.-M. cites Chr as the only support for a particular reading are not noted here. As a general rule only those readings are noted which in the editor's judgment are actual citations, i.e. as representing a text which was actually extant and used by the Father in question. In the case of Epiph the situation is complex and bewildering, since some biblical allusions are presented in a form completely at variance with any known text form. That in such cases some interesting readings obtain which may well lead to their being used more often than can be justified from a text critical point of view.
Iust has been fully cited because of his text being a possible source for witnesses to an early revision. As for Phil, P. Katz (Philo's Bible, Cambridge 1950) defends the thesis that the mss UFL represent in certain books a recen­sional text which differs from the common text. And so the readings of these three mss are always noted when they differ from those mss which represent the common text. These other witnesses are for clarity's sake usually cited as Phil^ap or Phil^cod(d).

A further problem that confronts an editor of a Greek Biblical text is the range of patristic evidence which should be investigated. For this edition the editor more or less arbitrarily limited his search almost entirely to the first five centuries, insofar as these were available to him. This occurred in the full recognition that certain worthwhile citations may well obtain in later writers, which in consequence are missing in this edition.

In the apparatus the citation of Greek sources appears in the following order: First place is occupied by the uncial texts in alphabetical order, and characterized by a capital letter. Then the papyri are cited in the order of 801 to 999. Then the hexaplaric group is given as well as the Catena groups, with the mss groups following in order as: b d f n s t y z; then the codd mixti, followed by the mss without a Rahlfs number. Next comes the NT citations, and finally, the rest of the patristic witnesses in alphabetic order. For the ordering of the versions, see below under A.II.

The following authors are fully compared:

Adam = Adamanntius (GCS 4; Ed. by W.H. van de Sande Bakhuizen)
Alex = Alexander Alexandrinus (PG 18)
Amph = Amphilochius Iconiensis (PG 39, 8-130)
Anast = Anastasius Sinaita (PG 89)
Ast = Asterius Amasenus (PG 40, 163-390)
Ath = Athanasius I-III (PG 25-27)
Bas = Basilius Magnus Caesariensis (PG 85)
Chr = Chrystomus I-XVIII (PG 47-64)
Chr Dum = Chr (Dumortier (SC 117)
Chr Ex = Chr (B.K.Exarchos, Das Wort des Antike 4. Munich 1952)
Chr F = Chr F I-VII (F.Field, Interpretatio Omn. Epp. Paulinarum,
Oxford 1845-62)
Chr M = Chr (Malingrey, SC 79
Chr Pk = Chr (A.Papadopulos-Kerameus, Varia Graeca Sacra, St.-P­éters­burg, 1909)
Chr Wng = Chr (Wenger, SC 50)
Clem = Clemens Alexandrinus I-III (GCS 12, 15,17; Ed. O. Stählin)
ClemR = Clemens Romanus (J.B.Lightfoot, The Apostolic Fathers, Pt.I,
Vol.II, London 1890)
Cyr = Cyrillus Alexandrinus I-II (PG 68-69)
CyrHier = Cyrillus Hierosolymitanus (PG 33,331-1180)
DialAZ = F.C.Conybeare, The Dialogues of Athansius and Aquiila and of
DialTA Timothy, and Aquila, Anecdota Oxoniensia, Class.Ser. I.8, Oxford 1898
Did = Didymus Alexandrinus (PG 39)
DionAl = Dionysius Alexandrinus (L.Peltoe, λειψαντα. = The Letters and Other Remains of Dionysius of Alexandria, Cambridge 1904 (Cambridge Patr.Texts)
Epiph = Epiphanius I-III (GCS 25,31,37; Ed. K.Holl)
Eus = Eusebius Caesariensis I-II, III1, IV, VI, VIII1,2 (GCS 7,11,14; ed. E.Klostemann, GCS 23; Ed. I.A.Heikel. GCS 43,1,2; Ed. K.Maas)
EusEm = Eusebius Emesenus (PG 86, 545-561)
Genn = Gennadius Constantinopolitanus (PG 85, 1624ff.)
GregNys = Gregorius Nyssenus I-IX (W.Jaeger, Gregorii Nysseni Opera, Berlin/Leiden 1921ff.)
Hipp = Hippolytus I 1,2 II (GCS 1; Ed. G.N.Bonwetsch u.H.Achelis, GCS 26; Ed.P.Wendland)
IgnAnt = Ignatius Antiochenis, (J.B.Lightfoot, The Apostolic Fathers, Pt.II, Vol.III, London 1885)
IgnPhil = Ignatius Philadelphicis (J.B.Lightfoot, The Apostolic Fathers, Pt.II, Vol.III, London 1885)
Ios = Iosephus, Flavius (B.Niese, Opera, Berlin 1885-1895)
Isid = Isidorus Pelusiota (PG 78)
Iust = Iustinus Martyr (I.C.Th.v.Otto, Iustini Philosophi et Martyris Opera quae feruntur omnia. Vol.I 1,2 (Corpus apologetarum
chirstianorum saeculi secundi Vol.1-2), 3.edition, Jena (1876 & 1877)
Mac = Macarius Aegyptius (PG 34)
Mel = Melito, Fragmenta (E.J.Goodspeed, Die älteste Apologeten, Göttingen 1914)
Nil = Nilus Ancyrunus (PG 79)
Or = Origenes I-IV, VI, IX, X, XII (GCS 2,3; ed. P.Koetschau, GCS 6, Ed. E.Klostermann, GCS 10; Ed.E.Preuschen, GCS 29; Ed.W.A.Baerens. GCS 35; Ed.M.Rauer. GCS 40 u. 41,1; Ed. E.Klostermann. GCS 41,2; Ed. E.Klostermann & L.Früchtel)
Or Sel = Origenes, Selecta in Genesim (PG 12)
Phil = Philon Iudaeus Alexandrinus (L.Cohn & P.Wendland, Opera, Berlin 1896ff.)
Philop = Philoponus (G.Reichardt, Philoponus, De Opificio Mundi; Scriptores Sacri et Profani I. VII, Lipsiae 1897)
PsClem = Pseudo-Clementina (GCS 42; Ed. B.Rehm)
Sev = Severianus Gabalitanus (PG 56)
Th = Theodorus Mopsuestenus (PG 66)
Tht = Theodoretus Cyrensis I-V, VI (PG 80-84,75)
ThtAz = Tht(Y.Azéma, Théodoret de Cyr, Correspondence, I-III, SC 40)
Tht Can = Tht (P.Canivet, Théodoret de Cyr. Thérapeutique des maladies hélleniques, SC 57)
ThtMSU V = Tht (A Möhle, Theodoret von Kyros, Komm. zu Jesaja (MSU V) Berlin 1932)
Tht P = Tht (GCS 44; Ed. L.Parmentier)

II. The Old Versions

In the order of the versions La stands at the beginning in the apparatus. Then the other versions follow in alphabetic order.
What follows here in condensed fashion is a consideration of the place occupied by the versions and the evaluation of their evidence in this volume.

a) Versions must not be used in uncritical fashion. It is important to realize materials as textual witness one must keep in mind that a version is a translation from a different language. "Translation" means first of all that an encoding process had taken place which is then followed by an reencoding into another structured linguistic system. The relation between Greek as the translated language and the language into which it is translated is not simply to be characterized as two equals in size. In fact, even the relation between two related languages can be complicated. E.g., Latin does not use a definite article, and therefore can never be used for or against its occurrence in Greek. And in non-related languages the relationship poses even greater difficulties. The Greek nominal system obtains in five cases, but in Syriac there simply are no cases; it has, however, a set of three states, which does not show any relation to a verb, but rather a relation to another nominal structure. As a result the relation of a noun to a verb must be shown in some other way.

b) In the second place, it is important that the type of translation of a particular translator must be studied, before its witness can be cited as support for a Greek text. Aeth is a rather free rendering of its parent text. Often, e.g., two verbs are used to translate a single Greek verb. On the other hand, Syh is a quite literal rendering, and only seldom makes use of any kind of paraphrase. Obviously Aeth and Syh as witnesses for a Greek reading must be evalu­ated quite differently.

A review of variants given of the various translations shows that the majority deals with relatively unimportant variations. But these seemingly unimportant variants do not automatically reflect different parent texts. Thus in both Bo and Arm the presence or absence of και and δε vary considerably, and their evidence for the Greek must be considered entirely worthless. An editor must study in detail exactly how a particular translator stands over against a parent text as well as consider the linguistic relation of one language over against the second language. In practice an editor should seldom cite unique readings; rather generally speaking it is best to cite versions in support of readings well-supported by Greek witnesses. Due to their antiquity exceptions may well be made in the case of La and Bo^K. Furthermore, unique readings from the versions would normally only be cited when it seems probable that they represent actual parent Greek texts. It is obvious that no e silentio conclusions are valid for versional support.

1.The Old Latin Version = La

The collation as well as the textual groupings is based entirely on B. Fischer's Edition of VETUS LATINA (Die Reste der altlateinischen Bibel II. Genesis, Freiburg 1951-54). The following mss were used in the Beuron edition:

The old divison into Afra and Itala now needs revision. Three texttypes can be clearly distinguished. The oldest of these was current in Carthage around the middle of the 3rd Century. Its text is secured through its regular use in Cyprian and the Pseudo-Cyprian writings. It is designated by La^K

The second Texttype (La^C) is a somewhat Europeanized form of La^K , which was in use in North Africa about 150 years after Cyprian. It is witnessed in the early writings of Augustine, especially in Gen c Man and Gen ad litt, but also in C Adamas well as in a part of PsAug Speculum (Spec).

The third type is the European Text (La^E ). It does not yield a consis­tent picture, and is apparently the product of a gradual process of the Europeanization of the text. The text of La^E  is occasionally found already in Nov and Tert and is actually further developed and used by Hil and Luc. La^E  itself appears in various forms, especially in the Spanish and Italian (La^S  and La^I).
La^S  is represented best by codd 100 and 101, and less well by cod 102. Similarly it is present in the glosses of codd 91-95, and also in the citations of Gregory of Elvira, in a large part of Spec and in PsAug Hypomnesticon. Witness to the text first appears towards the end of the 4th Century, and spreads out more and more in the 5th and 6th Centuries.
La^I  is used in codd 103 and 111, and in part also in codd 91-95. Patristic witnesses are Ambr, Ruf, Hi and Aug. Aug changed over from La^E  to La^I  between 393 and 400 A.D., but does show a tendency to correct La^I  according to the Greek. This corrected text is designated La^A . In similar fashion the designation La^M  is used when Ambr revised La^I . The independent witness to hexaplaric readings by Hi in hisQuaestare dubbed La^O, whereas the designation La^P refer to such independent witness over against La^I  in readings in Quodv Prom. And finally La^X  is used to identify Latin citations of non-La translations from the Greek in Iub and PsPhil.
In the apparatus the simple designation La is used for readings suppor­ted by at last two texttypes.
Abbreviations for Latin Patristic citations are listed below. The abbreviations given in parentheses are those used in Fischer's Verzeich­nis, where more specific information is given.

Ambr (Am) = Ambrosius

Ambrst (Amst) = Ambrosiaster

ApocPaul (AP-Apc Pau) = Apocalpsis Pauli seu Visio Pauli

Arnob (AR) = Arnobius the Younger

Aug (AU) = Augustinus

Barn (BAR) = Epistula Barnabae

BrevGoth (Brev. Goth) = Breviarium Gothicum

Caes (CAE) = Caesarius

Cassiod (CAr) = Cassiodorus

Chr (CHRY) = Chrysostomus

ClaudMam (CLAU) = Claudianus Mamertus

ClemR (CLE-R) = Clemens Romanus

Commod (COM) = Commodianus

Comm symb Nic (AN sy) = Commentarius in Symbolum Nicaenum

Concil (CO) = Concilia Oecumenica
Concil (Cyr) (CYR CO) = Cyrillus, Scholia de incarnatione Unigeniti

Cyp (CY) = Cyprianus

CyrGall (CY-G) = Cyprianus presbyter

DionExig (DION-E) = Dionysius Exiguus

Epiph (EP-L) = Epiphanius Latinus

Eucher (EUCH) = Eucherius

Eust (EUST) = Eustathius

Evagr (EVA-A) = Evagrius of Antioch

Fil (FIL) = Filastrius

FirmMat (FIR) = Firmicus Maternus

GregIl (GR-I) = Gregory of Illiberis

Hes (HES) = Hieronymus of Jerusalem

Hi (HI) = Hieronymus [Jerome]

Hil (HIL) = Hilarius

Hippol (AN) = Hippolytus

IohCass (CAn) = Johannes Cassianus

Iren (IR) = Irenaeus

Isid (IS) = Isidor

Iub (AP-V Jub) = Liber Jubilaeorum [Jubilees]

IulEcl (JUL-E) = Julianus of Eclanum

Lib geneal (AN gen) = Liber genealogus

Luc (LUC) = Lucifer of Cagliari

MarVic (MAR) = C. Marius Victorinus

Max (MAXn) = Maximinus

MaxT (MAX) = Maximus of Turin

MissMoz (M-M) = Missale Mozarabicum

Nov (NO) = Novatianus

Opt (OPT) = Optatus

Or (ORI) = Origenes

PaulNora (PAU-N) = Paulinus of Nola

Pel (PEL) = Pelagius, Brite

Pel I (PEL I.) = Pope Pelagius I

PetrChr (PET-C) = Petrus Chrysologus

Prisc (PRIS) = Priscillianus

Prol geneal in hispan mss (PROL gen) = Genealogies at the beginning of Spanish Biblical Mss.

Prosp (PROS) = Prosper of Aquitanien

PsAug (PS-AU) = Pseudo-Augustinus

PsCyp (PS-CY) = Pseudo-Cyprianus

PsEus (PS-EUS-C) = Pseudo-Eusebius of Caesarea

PsMar (PS-MAR) = Pseudo-Marius Victorinus

PsPhil (PS-PHo) = Pseudo-Philo

PsRuf (PS-RUF) = Pseudo-Rufinus

PsVig (PS-VIG) = Pseudo-Vigilius of Thapsus

QIulHil (HILn) = Quintus Iulius Hilarianus

Quodv (QU) = Quodvultdeus

Ruf (RUF) = Rufinus

Spec (PS-AU spe) = Liber de divinis scripturi sive Speculum quod fertur S. Augustini

Tert (TE) = Tertullianus

TestPatr (AN te) = Testimonia de Patre et Filio et Spirito Sancto

Tyc (TY) = Tyconius

Victor (VICn) = Victorinus of Pettau

VigilTh (VIG-T) = Vigilius of Thapsis

Zeno (ZE) = Zeno of Verona

2. The Ethiopic Version = Aeth

The edition of A. Dillmann (VT Aeth. I.Octateuchus Aethiopicus, Leipzig 1853) was based in the first instance on Codex Londinensis (Cod F), a Ms which was written not later than the early 15th Century. For his edition
Dillmann used three further mss: a) Cod H (Codex Halensis), a copy of Codex F undertaken by J.H. Michaelis. This text is occasionally shown in the apparatus to demonstrate its dependency on Cod F, but it has no independent significance. b) Cod C (Codex Francofurtensis, a ms from the 17th Century, and c) Codex G (Codex Bodleianus), a carelessly written ms from the 18th Century.

Of these mss C and G constitute a later recension of doubtful value. Although its text is closer to MT, the source of the recension is unknown. The recension is obviously not based on any of the known Greek sources. It is thus then of very little interest, and its readings are cited only when they happen to agree with other witnesses. It should also be said that the texts of C and G are by no means identical. Cod G seems to be based on a parent which appears to have developed somewhat further from an originally revised text.

In 1909 there appeared O. Boyd's The Octateuch in Ethiopic, Pt.1: Genesis. For this edition the text of Codex Parisiensis (Cod P: Zotenberg 3) was simply copied with only a few corrections. The copy of this ms was dated in a colophon as 1270-1285. It is thus according to this information the oldest extant ms of the Ethiopic Genesis. The text shows no trace of a revised text. The readings of Codd C F G H were taken over from Dillmann, together with those of Codex Haverfordiensis (Cod R). Cod R was written in the 16th or early 17th Century, though its parent text appears to have been an older ms. Its text underwent a quite thoroughgoing revision on the basis of a revised text. This revision usually agrees with C, and in the apparatus is designated as Aeth^Ra.

Not to the same extent a Ms from the 14th Century was collated (Pistoia, Bibl. Fortegueriana, Fondo Martini 5 = Cod M\^1/

I express my thanks to Dr. W. Baars for this information.¯ This was collated by the editor on the basis of a microfilm which the Library in Pistoia had provided. Its text was not influenced by a revised text, and occasionally it provides a better reading than F P or R*. The state of the older text, which is represented by its common witness with F M P and R* is nevertheless quite unsatisfactory, since the text is often clearly corrupt. The text has numerous doublets and glosses, which do not seem to the editor to be original text. Since this concerns unique readings, these are of little interest to the LXX student and consequently are not recorded in the apparatus. That the text of these mss is the product of a long text history, which has resulted in a rather unsatisfactory result is especially shown in the tradition of proper names. In chapters 10, 11,14, 25 and 36 in which a large number of names appear it is often difficult to decide which Ethiopic names correspond to any individual Greek names. Insofar as these are often purely inner Ethiopic they are not taken up in the apparatus. The Ethiopic version is significant since it is ultimately based on a prehexaplaric or in any event on a non-hexaplaric text. It is, however, a quite free rendering, and has to be very carefully examined with a degree of scepticism.

3. The Arabic Version = Arab

For a complete analysis of Arab see J.W.Wevers, The Textual Affinities of the Arabic Genesis of Bib.Nat.Arab 9, in Studies of the Ancient Palestinian World, ed. by J.W.Wevers and D.B.Redford (Toronto Semitic Texts and Studies II), Toronto 1971.
There are quite a number of Arabic translations of Genesis. The Arabic text printed in the Paris Polyglot, and reprinted in the London Polyglot, is that of Saadia Gaon. This version was made directly from the Hebrew, though it was strongly influenced by its Islamic environment. Lagarde's edition of the Leiden ms, Warner Arab 377, in "Materialien zur Kritik und Geschichte des Pentateuchs", represents that version.

In the second part of the same volume Lagarde published another Leiden text, the Qarshuni ms, Scaliger Arab 230. This is a Arabic catena text of Genesis with numerous extracts, especially from works by Ephraem the Syrian, Chrysostom, Jacob of Edessa and Jacob of Sarug. The Lemmata consists of somewhat less than two thirds of the Genesis text, and represents a popular translation of Syh. This text is known from at least four mss, which the late W. Reimpell personally copied in 1911, and is found in the possession of the LXX-Unternehmen. The text is a seemingly free translation from the Syriac, and is on the whole unrecognized for this edition; on the occasions when it is cited it is designated as Arab^L.

J.F.Rhodes (The Arabic Versions of the Pentateuch in the Church of Egypt, Leipzig 1921) mentions two different Christian-Arabic versions, which were in use in Egypt. One of these is a translation from the Coptic for the Jacobite or Coptic Church, and the second, which was used by the Melkite Church, was a translation directly from the Greek. There are six known mss of this latter version, viz., Bibl.Nat, Arab 9, 10, 11, 19, Oxford, Bodl. Libr. Pocock and March 440. The ms best written according to Rhodes was Bibl.Nat., Arab 9, a complete Pentateuch ms from the 13th Century without tafsir. This ms was fully collated for this edition.

The version is a free rendering of its parent Greek, and seeks to condense, wherever possible. The ms contains a large number of parablepses. Uniquely witnessed readings are not mentioned in the apparatus. The version was strongly influenced by the popular version of Saadia Gaon, and such instances which seem to be influenced by the Hebrew are to be attributed to it rather than to direct Hebrew influence.

4. The Armenian Version = Arm

The Old Armenian version was collated on the basis of Zohrab's edition of the year 1805. The parent text for Arm was strongly influenced by O, as an occasional asterisk (though always without an obelus) shows. Thus at 27,46 γυναικα] + ( Arm απο των θυγατερων (υιων 82) χετ O^{-17' 135} Arm. The asterisks are nevertheless often of uncertain value. because the copyist (or the translator) did not always understand their intent. For example, at 29,10 an asterisk precedes και τα προβατα λαβαν του αδελφου της μητρος αυτου. Since this text is attested in M 911 O'^{-72 135} 57-413^mg 44-107ÿb'-370 53-246 130^mg -343-344' 392 z Or La^E Arm Co (c var), the asterisk hardly represents the hexaplaric text. After all, it should not be unnoticed that the majority of the O group supports the text. That Arm often supports O is clear from such passages where Arm and O both support plusses which are not under the asterisk, but are undoubtedly hexaplaric. A clear example occurs at 31,34 fin ] + και διεψηλαφησε(ν) λαβαν συμπασαν την σκηνην και ουχ ευρε(ν) (c var) F^b O' 318 Arm = MT, similarly 31,42 μου 1°] +ς O^{-17' 58} Arm = MT.

Arm is an excellent witness for the text of O, but it does not slavishly follow it as Syh does, but has preserved a certain freedom of expression. Armenian is a highly inflected type of language in which word order is relatively insignificant. Although it could quite readily have followed the Greek word order, it varies considerably in the ordering of words. E.g. the O text of 41,33a reads νυν ουν σκεψατο φαραω ανθρωπον φρονιμον και συνετον, Arm places Pharaoh at the end. The O-text of 42,11a reads παντες εσμεν υιοι ενος ανθρωπου ημεις. Arm transposes εσμεν υιοι and places the pronoun ημεις at the beginning of the sentence.

Because of this and other free renderings unique readings of such kinds in Arm such are not usually placed in the apparatus.

Zohrab's apparatus does show variants but only either with "a ms" or "mss" as source without further ado. Because of this no individual Arm mss could be noted. In fact, variants in Zohrab are simple designated as Arm^ap in his apparatus. Which mss were used by Zohrab is unknown. At least three from Venice and two from Vienna were apparently available to him. For the history of the Armenian Bible translation and available mss see now H.S.Anasian, Astvadzashunch madyani haygagan pþ§1nakirþ§1 (Die Usprünge der armen. Bibel). Echmiadzin (Yerevan) XI-XII (1966). 71-79.

5. The Coptic Versions = Co

a) The Achmimic Version = Ach

The only ms witness extant for an Achmimic Version is in a fragmentary piece, which contains the text of 1,18-2,5. Edition: J. Leipoldt, Aegyptische Urkunden aus den koeniglichen Museen zu Berlin, Koptische Urkunden, Bd.I, Berlin 1904, No. 164. Remains of the Achmimic Version are also present in C.Schmidt, Der erste Clemensbrief in altkoptischer Uebersetzung, TU 32/1, Leipzig 1908. It involves the following Gen citation in the first Letter of Clement: 1,26a 27 28 2,23a 4,3-8 12,1-3 13,14b-16 15,5-6 18,27b 22,17a.

b) The Bohairic Version = Bo

It had been universally accepted up to the present that Bo represented a late translation and was essentially less valuable than the Sahidic. But with the publication of Papyrus Bodmer III it became apparent that Bo existed already in the 4th Century; in consequence, Bo now hes taken on a new significance.

Bo belongs to the Egyptian group which is represented not only by the Ethiopic and the Arabic, but also by the Coptic versions. This becomes clear from the number of unique readings which these versions have in common. Cf. the rather large lists of readings which Bo Sa and Arab or at least two of these, have in common, and to somewhat lesser extent also shared by Aeth, in J.W.Wevers, Toronto Semitic Texts and Studies II, Toronto 1971.

Bo was collated according to the following editions:

Bo^W = D. Wilkins, Quinque libri Moysis prophetae in lingua aegyptia, London 1731. The basis is a Vatican ms.

Bo^L = P.A. de Lagarde, Der Pentateuch koptisch, Leipzig 1867. Lagarde's edition is based on the edition of Wilkins, but was corrected on the basis of a ms of the Tattum Collection. Lagarde brings a catalogue of variants in his edition from that of Tattum. Occasionally these are noted as Bo^Tattam.

Bo^M = A. Mallon, Grammaire Copte, Quatriεme edition revue par M. Madinene, Beyrouth 1956. The Bo text Gen 39-45 is copied from the Ms, Paris, Bibl.Nat., Copte I.

Bo^K = R. Kasser, Papyrus Bodmer III. évangile de Jean et Genèse I-IV,2 in bohairic (CSCO, Scriptores Coptici 25, 1958).

c) The Fayyumic Version = Fa

The only extant Fa text is found in No.411 of W.E.Crum, Cat. of the Coptic mss. in the collection of the John Rylands Library, Manchester 1909. A citation of Fa text whih equals 27,41 εγγισατωσαν - fin obtains in it.

d) The Sahidic Version = Sa

Sa was ostensibly the earliest Egyptian translation from the Greek. A complete ms of Genesis is not extant, although quite a number of text pieces have been found and published, so that a large part of Genesis has now been discovered. When texts exist in more than one copy and their readings vary from each other, these variant texts are represented in the apparatus by a raised number.

The following mss were collated:

Sa¹ = O.von Lemm, Sahidische Bibelfragmente, Bulletin de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg, V^e Série, XXV,4. St. Pétersbourg 1906. Cod. orient. Berolin for.1605. fol.1 = 1,19-28.

Sa²  = as Sa¹, Collection Golenischeff = 9,2-22.

Sa³ = L.Th.Lefort, Les Manuscrits Coptes de l'Université de Louvain, Louvain 1940.
Contents: 3,2-14 17,11-13 27 18,1, 6-9, 23-26 29-32 19,12-15 17-20 34-36 20,1-4 21,1-4 8-12 26-29 32-34 22,1 13-15 18-20 23,13-16 18-20 24,1 14 15 19-22, 38-40, 43 44 60-62 66 67 25,1 2 19-21 24-27 26,8-10 14-16, 29-32 27,1-4 21-23 27-29 41 42 46 28,1 2 14-16 20-22 29,13-15 19-22 30,3-6 9-14 29-31 33-35 31,3-6 9-12 26-29 32 33 45-47 49-53 32,11-13 16-18 32 33,1 2 5-8 34,3-6 9-11 24-26 30 31 35,12-14 17-20 36,7-11 15-17 35-38 40-43 37,13-16 19-22 35 36 38,4-8 20-23 25-27 39,9-11 14-16 40,6-8 12-14 41,4-6 9-12 26-28 31-34 48-50 53-55 42,14-16 20-22 36-38 43,2-5 17-19 22-25 44,2-4 7-10 22-25 27-30 45,8 9 12-14 28 46,1 2 5-7 20-22 27-29 47,5-7 11 12 22-24 26-28 48,10-12 15 16 49,6-9 11-14 30 31 50,3 4 17-18 22-24. All the above text pieces are fragmentary.

Sa⁴ = A. Erman, Bruchstücke der oberaegyptischen Übersetzung des alten Testaments. Nachr.v.d.Kön.G.d.W.u.d.G.A.Universität zu Göttingen, Nr.12, Göttingen 1880. Cod. Bibl. Bodl.: Hunt 5. Contents 48,1-19.

Sa⁵ = W. Till, Saidische Fragmente des alten Testaments. Le Muséon 50 (1937) 175-237. Vienna, Nat. Bibl., K.2598, 8690 and 8646. Contents: 24,38 46-47 42,20-23 32-35 45,9 19-20. All the texts are fragmentary.

Sa⁶ = J. Schleifer, Sahidische Bibel-Fragmente aus dem British Museum zu London II. Sitzungb.d.Kais.A.d.W. in Wien, philos.-hist.Kl. 164,6. Vienna 1911. British Museum, Or. 3579A. Contents: 14,17-20 20,6-18. Fragmentary.

Sa⁷ = L.A.Shier, Old Testament Texts in Vellum. Coptic Texts in the Univ. of Michigan Collection, ed. by W.H.Worrell. Univ. of Michigan Studies, Humanistic Ser. 46, Ann Arbor 1942. a) Mich. MS 158,1. Contents: 24,65-67 25,1-17. b) P.Mich. 591. Contents: 50,9-15. Both texts are fragmentary.

Sa⁸ = J.E. Gilmore and P. Le Page Renouf, Coptic Fragments, ProcSBA 17, 1895. Parchment leaf, with 13,11-14,6.

Sa⁹ = E.O.Winstedt, Sahidic Biblical Fragments in the Bodleian Library, ProcSBA 25, 1903. Bodl. ms. Coptic d.2. Contents: 7,13=20.

Sa¹⁰ = H.Munier, Recueil de Manuscrits Coptes de l'Ancient et du Nouveau Testament. Bull. de l'Inst.fr. d'arch. or. du Caire 12, 1916. Two Hamouli-leaves from a Coptic Bible. Contents: 36,17-39 40,5-21*.

Sa¹¹ = W,E,Crum, Short texts from Coptic ostraca and papyri, London 1921. No.1 = 3,22 (fragmentary)

Sa¹² = W.E.Crum, Catalogue of the Coptic manuscripts in the collection of the John Rylands Library Manchester, Manchester 1909. No.1 = 26,21-29(?). Fragmentary.

Sa¹³ = P.E.Kahle, Bala'izah: Coptic Texts from Deir al-Bala'izah in Upper Egypt. Vol. I, Oxford 1954, 293-296. Contents: a) 21,28-22,6. b) 29,11-16.

Sa¹⁴ = H.Munier, Sur deux passages de la Genèse en copte sahidique. Ann. du Serv. des Antiq. 13, Le Caire 1913, 287. Contents: a)40,8-19. b)41,45-55.

Sa¹⁵ = A.E.Brooke, Sahidic Fragments of the OT. JThSt 8 (1906) 67-74. Paris, Bibl.Nat., Copte 129^{1  f.4 and 11. Contents: 9,17-19 21-26 29,20-23 24-25.}

Sa¹⁶ = Ch. Ceugney, Quelques fragments coptes thébains inédits de la Bibl. Nat., Receuil de Travaux relatifs à l'Arch. ég. et assyr.2. Paris 1881, 94-105. Paris, Bibl. Nat., ms.102. Contents: 31,54-32,11.

Sa¹⁷ = C.Wessely, Griechische und Koptische Texte theol. Inhalts I. Studien zr Paläographie und Papyruskunde IX, Leipzig 1909. K.9876. Contents:12,1-7 49,20-28.

Sa¹⁸ = cf. Sa¹⁷, IV. Studien ... XV, Leipzig 1914. Vienna, Staats-Bibl., Collection Erzherzog Rainer 206-210 216. Contents: 4,14-5,5a 15,9-16,8a 18,7-19,34 20,1-21,8(9a) 35,18-19 36,1-9 41,5-23a 48,20-49,15.

Sa¹⁹ = G. Maspéro, Fragments de la version thébaine de l'Ancien Testament. Mém.publ. par les membres de la mission arch. fr.au Caire VI, fasc.1, Paris 1892. Contents: 2,9-23 5,5-29 7,13-24 8,1-13 11,11-27 15,8-9 25,5-11 28,4-29,19 29,35-30,11 30,13-17 20 24-29 31,8-44 35,4-19a 41,42-45 53-55 42,1-5 43,2-12 16-27 46,19-47,2 47,24-27 29-31 49,29-30 50,2-17 19-26.

Sa²⁰ = A.Ciasca, Sacrorum Bibliorun Fragmenta copto-sahidica Musei Borgiani iussu et sumptibus S. Conregationis de Propoganda Fide edita. Tom.I, Rome 1885. Contents: 3,8-24 6,5-20 22 7,1-13 16*-24 8,1-22 9,1 8-11* 11,9-32 12,1* 3*-20 13,1-18 14,1-2 17-24 15,1-20 16,1-5* 18,1-31* 21,14-21* 22,1-19* 29,25*-35 30,1-11* 28*-43 31,1-13 33-50 52-55 32,1-32 33,1-20 34,1-25 (defective) 39,6*-23 40,1-9* 48,1-19. All of these textpieces (except 48,1-19) were also published by E.Amélineau, Fragments thébains inédits de l'Ancien Testament. Receuil de Travaux relatifs à la philol. et à l'arch. ég. et assyr. VII, Paris 1886; the edition of A. is, however, inaccurate.

Sa²¹ = W,E,Crum, Catalogue of the Coptic Mss. in the British Museum, London 1905. No.932. Brit. Mus., Or. 5287 (3). Contents: 3,16-4,4.

6. The Palestinian-Syriac Version = Pal

Pal is a faithful rendering of a prehexaplaric Greek parent. It tends occasionally to abbreviate the text slightly in that it may omit a particle or an unnecessary subject, but nonetheless presents a fine early witness.

The following texts (apparently these are all lectionaries) are extant:

a) A.S.Lewis, A Palestinian Syriac Lectionary, Studia Sinaitica VI, London 1897. Contents: 1,1-3,24 6,9-9,19 18,1-5 18,18-19,30 22,1-19

b) G.Margoliouth, The Liturgy of the Nile, JRAS 1896, 677-731. Contents:
2,4-19.

c) F.Schulthess, Christlich-Palästinische Fragmente aus der Omajjaden-Moschee zu Damascus. Abh.d.Gφtt. Ges. d. Wiss., phil.-hist. Kl. NF 8 Berlin 1905 (=PalS). Contents (fragmentary): 19,1 λωτ 2°-19,2 ου εινεκεν 19,3 εποιησεν, ποτον - 19,5 προς σε 19,7-8 ανδρας 19,9 ...]θες παροικειν- ανδρες 49,24 του πατρος - 50,12 αυτω.

7. The Syro-hexaplaric Vesion = Syh

The following texts have been collated:

a) P.de Lagarde, Bibliotheca Syriaca, Göttingen 1892. Contents: 4,8*-9,24* 16,2-12* 20,1fin-12* 31,53*-32,12 36,2*-40,17 43,1*-47,16* 50,17*-26.

Lagarde's text is simply a copy of A.M. Ceriani, Pentateuchi Syrohexa­plaris quae supersunt cum notis, Monumenta Sacra et Profana II.Milan 1863,1-106, although Lagarde occasionally improves Cerini's text without indicating those as improvements (Syh^L).

b) J. Gwynn, Remnants of the Later Syriac Versions of the Bible in Two Parts, London 1909. A Leaf which has been placed in front of ms Brit. Mus., Add. 7145 fol.1. Contents: 26,26-31.

c) M.H.Gottstein, Neue Syrohexaplafragmente, Biblica 37 (1956), 162-183. Brit. Mus., Add. 14486 fol.14a, 14485 fol.98b and 42b. Contents: 24,10-28 27,6-19 30-40.

d) W. Baars, New Syro-Hexaplaric Texts, Leiden 1968. Contents: 1,1-19 15,1-21 19,1-14 28,10-22 32,13-22 25-33 49,1-7 8-18 19-28*.

e) A few unpublished texts in Lectionaries discovered by W.Baars = Syh^B.
Contents: 17,15-22 18,1-15 22,1-5 34,25-31 35,9-15.

f) An unpublished Pentateuch-ms from Tur 'Abdin in Turkey, of which 1,1-32,9 γενεσεως σου is lacking. Photographs of the ms. were graciously supplied to me by Dr. W.Baars of Leiden (now of Amsterdam). In his judgment the ms is from the 15th Century = Syh^T.

Syh in Genesis is one of the chief witnesses to the hexaplaric recen­sion. It presents a word for word rendering, and has a huge amount of hexa­plaric signs. Hexaplaric plusses are regularly witnessed by Syh. The witness to the hexaplaric signs is not always trustworthy, in fact occasionally very badly confused, especially in texts dealing with times. In common with Semitic usage Syh the word for "year" is repeated in complex indications of time, whereas in Greek it is given only once. Thus at 5,7 both in ετη επτα (και) επτακοσια and επτα (και) επτακοσια ετη are good Greek. Syh has ετη at both numbers in both cases, but with the first ετη under the ast. For such a text there are no Greek witnesses nor is it probable that Origen would have Hebraized so drastically. But in spite of this the text of Syh is of primary importance for the reconstruction of the hexapla. For further information see J.W.Wevers in THGG.

III. Printed Editions

Especially important are the three great old Bibles: the Aldine (Ald), the Complutensian (Compl) and the Sixtine (Sixt). Thse have been fully collated for the present volume. The principles according to which they have been collated are given below. Of the three the Sixtine has been reprinted many times; for this edition only the original texts have been used.

1. Aldina (Ald)

Ald was published in 1518 and was intended as a critical text based on various mss. For Genesis the text is large based on mss 31 and 122 ( or possibly on 68, a copy of 122). Ald is cited only if its text differs from the readings common to 31 and 122.

2. Complutensis (Compl)

The first volume of Compl bears the date 1514, but was only first pub­lished in 1520. The text is based on the mss 19' and 108, but it appears that ms 53 was also used, since it shares a number of unique readings with 53. Compl is only cited in the apparatus when it disagrees with 19' and 108.

3. Sixtina (Sixt)

Sixt is undoubtedly the most learned of the three Bible editions. It appeared in 1587 and was based on Cod. B, though a large number of other texts were also consulted. It is in actual fact a critical edition. It is almost always collated for the apparatus.

Grabe's Edition (the Octateuch was published in 1707) presents an eclectic text based on Cod. A. The system on which his edition is based is rather complicated, though it does allow all deviations from A to be immedi­ately observed. The edition has not been collated for the apparatus; only a few of his conjectures have been noted.

5. Holmes-Parsons (H.-P.)

Vol.1 of this prodigious work (Pentateuch) was published in 1798 under the editorship of Holmes. Its purpose was to present a complete collation of all available mss, all versions as well as patristic sources. The printed text, according to which collations by a large number of learned individuals and scholars were made, was the Sixtina. H.-P.'s value lies in the fact that some mss now lost were collated. All the collations in this book are, however, new, and no collations of H.-P. are used in it.

6. Lagarde (Lag)

Two editions of Genesis have been published by Lagarde. Lag appeared as a Genesis-edition in 1868. For the second edition Lagarde intended to reconstruct the great recensions in order to restore through these recensions the original LXX. The only volume to appear was published in 1883. It presented a text, which Lagarde considered to be the Lucianic recension of Genesis to Esther. Since the mss on which Lagarde based his text have all been recollated, this text does not appear in the apparatus.

6. Brooke-McLean (Br.-M.)

The large Cambridge LXX presented - as in the Manual edition of Swete 1887 - the text of Cod. B, in which only obvious scribal errors were corrected. Where the text of B was not extant, Cod. A was used. or when that also was lacking, another uncial text was substituted. Br.-M. used a carefully chosen selection of mss. as well as the important versions and some patristic evidence. The edition of Genesis appeared in 1906. This presented an extraordinarily valuable fund of material evidence which made the scientific study of the LXX possible. All of the mss used by Br.-M. were recollated by the Unternehmen. A list of deviations from Br.-M. in the ms collations is given in a Supplement of this edition (but not of the hexaplaric material).

8. Rahlfs, Genesis 1926 (Ra^G)

This edition was intended as the first volume in the proposed series of critical editions, but was actually only a junior "Probe." The edition relied on the collations of Br.-M. rather than on a recollation of mss. For the large parts of Genesis for which Syh was then not available Rahlfs used an Arabic translation of Syh. For this see II 3 supra. On the basis of these collations he presented his own reconstruction of LXX, which constituted the first critical text of modern times. The text is first-rate, often superior to the later manual edition (for which cf. no.9 below). He also organized the text tradition into groups according to text families. This edition served to a great extent as model for the critical editions to follow. In fact, the present volume has by reason of an actually much larger amount of material and a new collation of mss come to only slightly other conclusions than that of Ra^G. Nonetheless Ra^G remains a valuable piece of work.

9. Rahlfs, Septuaginta, 1935 (Ra^S)

This manual edition contains the entire Greek OT. The text is actually based on a comparison of the three Uncial mss A B and S. For Gen the readings of ms 911 are occasionally mentioned, as well as hexapharic plusses are noted. As far as the critical text of Genesis is concerned, Ra^G is far superior to that of Ra^S, since its text was based on a consideration of a much larger amount of material.

The Text History is extensively discussed in J.W.Wevers, THGG. Here only information necessary for the use of this edition is given. For an evaluation of the value of the large Genesis-papyri 911 961 and 962 see A. Pietersma, Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri IV and V) Am. Studies in Papyrology, XVI, Toronto and Saratoga 1977.

I. Recensions and text groups in the LXX tradition

O = G-15-17-29-58-71-82-135-376-400-426-707 (=707 or 707^I) Syh

O' = O+oI   15' = 15 + 82    17' = 17 + 400   72' = 72 + 707 (or 707^I)    135' = 135 + 376    376' = 376 + 426    64' = 64 + 708    381' = 381 + 618

Hexaplaric signs are to be found principally in G, Syh and on the margins of Mss of the s-group. A few asterisks obtain in Arm, but there the metobelus is lacking. Arm is a secondary witness for O, and must be cited with