Today, February 8, is International Septuagint Day. Happy LXX Day! So read yerself some Septuagint today, in Greek or English.
A few more links to explore:
- Why I think you need the Septuagint
- Yet more reasons from James Aitken
- An interview by William A. Ross of aforementioned Prof. Aitken
- First Bible of the Church: a good monograph to get started on Septuagint reading
- A graded Septuagint reader, by Karen Jobes, available for pre-order
- A short history of Septuagint Day
- A fairly thorough comparative overview I wrote of Septuagint studies resources in Bible software platforms
- How to make sense of the Göttingen Septuagint: part one and part two (part three is in the purgatory of my brain, yet to be published)
- A look inside the print edition of the Genesis volume of the Göttingen Septuagint
- Website for the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies
Words on the Word 
I may be wrong, but I’m thinking this specially designated day of celebration applies to a very small group of individuals–globally, and apparently you are one of them! 🙂
Au contraire, mon frère! EVERYONE should be celebrating today. 😉
You may be interested in a theology conference during the last weekend of Feb hosted by Houston Baptist University recognizing the quincentennial of Erasmus’s first publication of his Novum Instrumentum Omne on 3/1/1516. One of the presentations on Friday is “The Septuagint’s Function in the Formation of Biblical Canons” by Laura Manzo. (Just trying to connect you LXX nerds…) 🙂
That sounds great–thanks! I’ll have to see if they’re planning on making a recording or outline available.