The Septuagint Old Testament Translation verses the Jamnian (Palestinian) and Massoretic Old Testament translations Is the Catholic Old Testament Accurate? Why is it different from the Jewish Old Testament and Protestant translations? The Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Old Testament formulated by the 72 best Hebrew scholars using the oldest and most perfect scrolls of sacred scripture circa 250BC, was used universally by Jews at the time Jesus preached the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. It was the principal scriptural translation that Jesus and the Apostles used (probably along with its Aramaic translations) in referring to Old Testament passages....
