Septuagint with Apocrypha: Greek and English

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I have been looking for a bible that had either Greek & English text side by side or latin & english such as the roman missal. I found one on ebay entitled,“Septuagint with Apocrypha: Greek and English”. Would this be contrary to our catholic bible or would it be okay to read. I haven’t seen anything like it in the NAB. Please advise.Thank you and God bless you and yours!
 
The LXX that you are referring to is Brenton’s. It is good if you are doing LXX (Septuagint) studies. The translation is sound, but I would not use it to replace a Catholic Bible by any means. I have Brenton’s version, it is the LXX according to Codex Vaticanus which is a 4th century ancient Greek manuscript. It should be used as a study tool, not a replacement for a Catholic OT.

Now, there websites that have what you are asking for such as the Vulgate and Douay Rheims side by side latinvulgate.com/

You can also get an interlinear that has the Greek text with the English equivilent underneath each word. There is one called the Apostolic Bible, I have it, it is very helpful as a study tool only. apostolicbible.com/

I also have this one, it is a Hebrew OT interlinear with a Greek NT interlinear, it is also helpful amazon.com/Interlinear-Bible-Hebrew-Greek-English/dp/1878442821

Brenton’s Greek OT would give you the Deuterocanonicals with the English translation beside it, but the Deuters are not among the other resources that I gave.

Plus, on my website I have access to Hebrew, Latin, Greek and Aramaic Bibles, interlinears, translations etc litteralchristianlibrary.wetpaint.com/page/Bible+Tools
 
Wonderful, thank you for your reply and the wealth of sources you have provided as well as your opinion and consideration. Thank you again and God Bless!
 
My pleasure! This area is one of my favorite things when it comes to Bible study. Feel free to ask anytime!
 
A very respectable modern translation into English of the Septuagint is the NETS. It may supersede Brenton’s translation in the future. Check it out here: ccat.sas.upenn.edu/nets/edition/

There is no interlinear or comparative version of it at the moment, as it is so new, and furthermore, a review on Amazon states: amazon.com/New-English-Translation-Septuagint/dp/0195289757
While the goal of being able to study the Hebrew and Greek texts of the O.T., “albeit in English,” is a good one, I am disappointed that the translation will not be quite as useful to me in my own reading of Alfred Rahlfs’ edition of the Septuagint. The reason for this is that the translators used the Goettingen Septuagint editions for those books in the LXX for which a Goettingen editon is available (they did use Rahlfs’ edition for the remaining books). It is my understanding that the books of the Goettingen Septuagint are the foremost critical editions available today; however, they are not widely available (and, therefore, not likely to be affordable for the average lay reader/scholar who could track down copies of the books). I have no idea how different the Goettingen LXX editions are from Rahlfs’ edition, so I suppose I’ll find out as I encounter the differences in NETS. Again, I grudgingly accept this decision on the part of the editors - and I say grudgingly only because it hinders my intended use for the translation - due to their rightful desire to use the best available texts.
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