The Septuagint Translation 


The Septuagint Translation 

Timeframe:
2002 – 2011

Team:
Cristian BĂDILIȚĂ
Smaranda BĂDILIȚĂ
Francisca BĂLTĂCEANU
Florica BECHET
Monica BROȘTEANU
Gheorghe CEAUȘESCU
Ştefan COLCERIU
Iulia COJOCARU
Ioana COSTA
Marius CRUCERU
Vichi DUMITRU
Ştefania FERCHEDĂU
Cristian GAȘPAR
Theodor GEORGESCU
Octavian GORDON
Lia LUPAȘ
Alexandra MORARU
Mihai MORARU
Eugen MUNTEANU
Ion PĂTRULESCU
Cristina ROGOBETE

This project aimed at achieving a scientifically reliable translation of the Septuagint into Romanian by a group of very gifted, mostly young, Romanian scholars, attached to the NEC.
The financial support was granted by the Romanian foundation Anonimul.
Seven of the planned nine volumes were published by the Polirom Publishing House in Iaşi.

Vol. 1 (The Pentateuch)
Translators: Cristian BĂDILIȚĂ, Ioana COSTA, Mihai MORARU, Eugen MUNTEANU, Ion PĂTRULESCU
Polirom, Iași, 2004

Vol. 2 (Jesus Nave, Judges, Ruth, 1-4 Kings)
Translators: Florica BECHET, Ioana COSTA, Alexandra MORARU, Ion PĂTRULESCU, Cristina ROGOBETE
Polirom, Iași, 2004

Vol. 3 (1-2 Chronicles, 1-2 Ezra, Esther, Judith, Tobit, 1-4 Maccabees)
Translators: Francisca BĂLTĂCEANU, Gheorghe CEAUȘESCU, Ștefan COLCERIU, Vichi DUMITRU, Ștefania FERCHEDĂU, Theodor GEORGESCU, Octavian GORDON, Lia LUPAȘ
Polirom, Iași, 2005

Vol. 4/1 (Psalms, Odes, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs)
Translators: Cristian BĂDILIȚĂ, Francisca BĂLTĂCEANU, Florica BECHET, Monica BROȘTEANU, Ioana COSTA, Marius David CRUCERU, Cristian GAȘPAR, Eugen MUNTEANU, Ion PĂTRULESCU
Polirom, Iași, 2006

Vol. 4/2 (Job, The Wisdom of Solomon, The Wisdom of Jesus Sirah, The Psalms of Solomon)
Translators: Smaranda BĂDILIȚĂ, Francisca BĂLTĂCEANU, Monica BROȘTEANU, Iulia COJOCARU, Ștefan COLCERIU, Eugen MUNTEANU
Polirom, Iași, 2007

Vol. 5 (Oseas, Amos, Michea, Joel, Abdias, Jonah, Naum, Avacum, Sophonia, Aggeu, Zacharias, Malachia)
Translator: Cristian GAȘPAR
Polirom, Iași, 2009

Vol. 6/2 (Ezechiel, Susannah, Daniel, Bel and the Dragon)
Translators: Florica BECHET, Ioana COSTA
Polirom, Iași, 2008

Vol. 6/1 (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Baruch, Lamentations, Letter of Jeremiah)
Translators: Francica BĂLTĂCEANU, Monica BROȘTEANU, Ioan-Florin FLORESCU, Ioan PĂTRULESCU
Polirom, Iași, 2011

 

Events within the Project:
Launch of the Septuagint Translation (Volume II)
11 October 2004, New Europe College

Launch of the Septuagint Translation (Volume III)
25 June 2005, New Europe College

Launch of the Septuagint Translation (Volume IV)
13 February 2006, New Europe College