[blue-duncan]

"Thus, the Septuagint was not by the Greeks, for the Greeks, but by the Jews, for the Jews"

Actually, to be more precise, it was for the Hellenistic Jews. The nationalistic Jews maintained the Hebrew scriptures and they controlled the Temple worship.

[jo kus]

Actually, to be more precise, it was for the Hellenistic Jews. The nationalistic Jews maintained the Hebrew scriptures and they controlled the Temple worship

It turns out that Greek was a relatively common language spoken in Palestine, as well as the Diaspora. While the "nationalistic Jews" may have controlled the Temple, it doesn't follow that they were not Hellenistic or had Hellenistic tendencies. The historical books of this period show that Hellenism was rampant throughout even the heirarchy of the priesthood in Palestine.

Regards

[kawaii]

Actually, to be more precise, it was for the Hellenistic Jews. The nationalistic Jews maintained the Hebrew scriptures and they controlled the Temple worship.

Funny thing is those nationalistic Jews controlling the temples were the

Pharisees

whom Christ often preached against their false teachings and MISINTERPRETATIONS OF HEBREW SCRIPTURE.

[kosta50]

Actually, to be more precise, it was for the Hellenistic Jews. The nationalistic Jews maintained the Hebrew scriptures and they controlled the Temple worship

That is baloney, BD. What is "hellenistic?" The Alexandrian Jews, like the Jews in Asia Minor were hellenized the way American Jews are americanized. They are still Jewish! It doesn't make them second-class Jews or less 'nationalistic.'

They spoke Greek as their native tongue the way German Jews speak German and American Jews speak English. They wanted a Bible they could understand.

As for the temple, the Sadducees controlled the Temple, and their canon was nothing like the Pharisaic/rabbinic/Protestant OT canon; it consisted of the five books of Moses only.