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What is the Septuagint?

The Septuagint is a Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament scriptures. It was made in the third and second centuries BC. During the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus (285-2… (MORE)

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Definition of Genesis in the Septuagint?

The Septuagint is the same thing as the Hebrew old testament, only the Septuagint was originally in Greek, not Hebrew. So it means the same thing. 'The Beginning'

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Why and how did the Septuagint come into being?

In the first century BC, a Greek Bible was needed. A group of 70 or 72 Hebrew scholars who knew the Greek language translated the Old Testament from Hebrew and Aramaic int… (MORE)

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Did Jesus use the Septuagint Bible?

The Bible as Christians recognize it today did not exist. Most of the Old Testament was a part of the Torah and as such Jesus would have been familiar with it. Jesus used t… (MORE)

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In The Bible

Who translated the septuagint?

I'll answer this question with a question. Are we being asked who translated the Bible into Greek, giving us the Septuagint version? Or are we being asked who translated the S… (MORE)

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How was the Septuagint printed?

This is the Greek version of the Old Testament, translated in the 3rd to 1st Century BC and as result was obviously handwritten. There have been so many printed versions of th… (MORE)

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Does the Septuagint include the apocrypha?

The Septuagint was a Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament scriptures, with each book written on a separate scroll. There was no single, bound 'Bible' that could defi… (MORE)

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Where was the Septuagint translated?

According to tradition the Septuagint translation was created in Alexandria between 300 - 200 BC. It's true origin is questionable and is a subject of debate.

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Why did the Septuagint come into being?

The Septuagint begins because the Business world of Egypt forces the Jews to use their Greek language.

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How do the Apocrypha and Septuagint affect the Bible?

Apocrypha The apocrypha are 'hidden' Old Testament books included in the Roman Catholic Bible and also (somewhat differently) the Orthodox Bible, but not the Jewish … (MORE)