Alfred Rahlfs (18651935) is among the most important textual philologists of the 20 ^th century. His wide-ranging works in researching and editing the Greek Old Testament, known as the Septuagint, are still regarded as groundbreaking today. For the first time, this monograph comprehensively presents Rahlfs's writings in their biographical and historical context.

Christian Schäfer, Protestant Church in Kurhessen-Waldeck, Melsungen, Germany.