Chapter 16

ANCIENT VERSIONS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. I. _The Greek Version called the Septuagint_--1. Its Antiquity; its Great Influence on the Language of the New Testament--2. Jewish Account of its Origin--3. Judgment of Biblical Scholars on this Account--4. Time occupied in the Completion of the Work--5. Inequalities of this Version--Its Importance to the Biblical Student--6. Its Close Connection with the New Testament-- Quotations from it by New Testament Writers--Their Manner and Spirit-- 7. Hebrew Text from which this Version was made--II. _Other Greek Versions_--8. The Septuagint originally in High Esteem among the Jews--Change in their Feelings in Regard to it, and Rise of New Versions--9. Aquila's Version--10. Theodotion--11. Symniachus--12. Origen's Labors on the Text of the Septuagint--the Tetrapla and Hexapla--III. _The Chaldee Targums_--13. General Remarks on these--14. The Targum of Onkelos--Its General Fidelity and Excellence--Its Peculiarities--Jewish Tradition respecting Onkelos--15. The Targum of Jonathan Ben Uzziel--16. Of Pseudo-Jonathan and Jerusalem--17. Other Targums--The Samaritan Version of the Samaritan Pentateuch--IV. 18. _The Syriac Peshito_--Its Age and Character