[OLD REGGIE]

(AlguyA) Also, isn't the Septuagint that version of what Christians call the Old Testament which has all those books in it which Catholics added to the Bible?

I don't think there is a definitive answer to this. It really isn't accurate to speak of "the Septuagint" as one, bound, definitive text.

FYI

What is the Septuagint?

The simple answer is that the Septuagint is the Greek translation (from Hebrew) of the Jewish Scriptures, the Christian Old Testament.

Unfortunately, several revisions of this translation were made, and different scholars mean different things when they refer to the 'Septuagint'.

Some mean the original translation of the Torah, which was done in the third century B.C. Some mean the original translation of the entire Old Testament plus Apocrypha, which was done over the next century or so. But so many revisions have been made, that none of these these original translations exist. So some scholars will use 'Sepatuagint' to refer to a particular revision of the translation. But even these can only be reconstructed from what manuscripts we have. So still other scholars will use 'Septuagint' to refer to a particular manuscript of the Septuagint.

So be wary when you read about 'The Septuagint'. It can mean different things to different scholars.Which Septuagint?

[AlguyA]

Thanks for the info on the Septuagint. I'm not any kind of scholar in this area, so every new set of info is of use. Take a look at my recent post to RobbyS, malakhi and II and see what you think. Would you agree? Can we view the Septuagint, even any and all of the various Septuagints, as "Hellenized?" And, if so, does this necessarily mean, given Matthew uses it and not the original Hebrew, that the Septuagint, having undergone Hellenization, is, in fact, more accurate in telling us who the Messiah would be than the original Hebrew?