Moreover, the text is a living text and reflects the living tradition of both Jews and Christians. As well as the standard critical editions of the Greek texts, the French version of the lxx Pentateuch, La Bible d Alexandrie , which is mine of invaluable information on matters of lexicography and patristic exegesis, has, where possible, been regularly consulted. Proper names have usually been given in their Greek form, rather than the pseudo-Hebrew familiar in Protestant bibles since the Reformation. Thus we use Elias , rather than Elijah . The Hebrew of the name is Elijahu .
Some names are typologically significant.
The pseudo-Hebrew Joshua is in Greek Jesus , the typology of which is obvious, and is reflected in a number of liturgical texts. The New Testament Apostles are referred to as Jacob , like the Old Testament patriarch, after whom they are named, rather than James . There is no justification for using Jacob in the ot and James in the nt, but I have for the moment retained James in the title of his Epistle. One peculiarity of the lxx in the Pentateuch is that it commonly translates the divine name, yhwh , by Kyrios , without the definite article. This looks like an attempt to indicate that the Tetrgrammaton lies behind it, much in the same way as some modern versions use Lord, in upper case.