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To: Uncle Miltie

The Septuagint version of the Torah was made by scholars at the Library of Alexandria. It is in Greek and in some ways is the oldest text material of the Bible.


9 posted on 11/07/2025 4:45:18 PM PST by oldplayer
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To: Uncle Miltie; oldplayer

[snip] The term Septuagint, meaning “seventy,” actually refers to the seventy-two translators — six from each tribe of Israel—involved in translating the Pentateuch from Hebrew to Greek... (seventy-two is rounded down to seventy, hence the Roman numeral LXX). The rest of the Hebrew Bible was translated from Hebrew to Greek by various hands over the next century or so. [/snip]

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/what-is-the-septuagint/


10 posted on 11/07/2025 7:20:53 PM PST by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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