Articles in this volume include: Michael V Fox – The alpha text of the Greek Esther Jan Joosten – The Old Testament Quotations in the Old Syriac and Peshitta Gospels Stephen A Reed – A puzzling Masoretic note in Joshua 21:35 Claude Cox – Vocabulary for Wrongdoing and Forgiveness in the Greek Translations of Job A Graeme Auld – The cities in Joshua 21: The contribution of textual criticism Isaac L Seeligmann – problems and perspectives in Modern Septuagint Research