The Second Critical Apparatus (“Apparat II”). The First Critical Apparatus (“Apparat I”).The Source List (“Kopfleiste”) (not every Göttingen volume has this).The reconstructed Greek critical text (“Der kritische Text”).The typical contents of a volume include: Publication of additional volumes, while slow-going, is in progress. The Göttingen Septuagint has published over 20 volumes covering some 40 biblical books (counting the minor prophets as 12). It’s published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht in Göttingen, Germany. The full name is Septuaginta: Vetus Testamentum Graecum Auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum. In celebration of International Septuagint Day Friday, here I review the Göttingen Septuagint in Logos Bible Software. I do suspect, however, that if one finds it challenging to learn how to read the leading critical edition of the Hebrew Bible–the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia or BHS–the Göttingen Septuagint will prove even more difficult to decipher. Not just a city in Germany, but a word that instills awe and fear in the hearts of every student of the Septuagint who must eventually consult the set of Old Greek editions by that name.
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