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The fictitious Letter of Aristeas to Philocrates (second century BCE) contains the legend of the translation of the Pentateuch by 72 elders under Ptolemy lI (285-246 BCE). Apart from this, no-one knows who translated the Hebrew scriptures.
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What language was the king James V Bible translated from?
The Old Testament of the Bible was translated from Hebrew to English and the New Testament from Greek.
What is the difference between the Hebrew and the Catholic Old Testament?
The Hebrew Old Testament is written in Hebrew. The original Catholic Old Testament was translated from the Greek Septuagint (a Greek translation of the Hebrew Scripture made in the 3rd century B.C.) to Latin, and together with the Latin New Testament was called the Vulgate. Today the Catholic Old Testament is still in Latin, but there are venacular translations available everywhere.
Was the Old Testament written in Greek or Hebrew?
The Old Testament was written in Hebrew, but during the third and second centuries B.C. the Old testament was translated into the Greek Septuagint as the Hebrew language was dying out. The people needed the Scriptures in the tongue they understood.
Has the bible been translated in Greek?
No, the Bible was not translated into Greek. The original texts of the Old Testament were primarily written in Hebrew, while the New Testament was written in Greek. However, there have been translations of the Bible from its original languages into modern Greek for the benefit of Greek-speaking readers.
What language was the KJV Bible translated from?
The language of the vast majority of the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament) is Hebrew; some portions were written in Aramaic.The New Testament was written in Koine (common) Greek.
What language was the king James V Bible translated from?
The Old Testament of the Bible was translated from Hebrew to English and the New Testament from Greek.
Was any of the old testament written in Greek?
At the time the Old Testament was written none of the books were written in Greek, but about the 2nd or 3rd century B.C. the Old Testament was translated into Greek and is called the Septuagint.
What is the difference between the Hebrew and the Catholic Old Testament?
The Hebrew Old Testament is written in Hebrew. The original Catholic Old Testament was translated from the Greek Septuagint (a Greek translation of the Hebrew Scripture made in the 3rd century B.C.) to Latin, and together with the Latin New Testament was called the Vulgate. Today the Catholic Old Testament is still in Latin, but there are venacular translations available everywhere.
Was the Old Testament written in Greek or Hebrew?
The Old Testament was written in Hebrew, but during the third and second centuries B.C. the Old testament was translated into the Greek Septuagint as the Hebrew language was dying out. The people needed the Scriptures in the tongue they understood.
Has the bible been translated in Greek?
No, the Bible was not translated into Greek. The original texts of the Old Testament were primarily written in Hebrew, while the New Testament was written in Greek. However, there have been translations of the Bible from its original languages into modern Greek for the benefit of Greek-speaking readers.
What language was the KJV Bible translated from?
The language of the vast majority of the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament) is Hebrew; some portions were written in Aramaic.The New Testament was written in Koine (common) Greek.
Who translated the Bible into Greek?
See the related links below. The New Testament was written originally in Greek, with translation at times from Aramaic speech. The Old Testament,originally written in Hebrew, was translated into The Greek Septuagint by Hellenistic Jews, from 275 to 100 BC at Alexandria, Egypt. But it wasn't translated from what is considered the most excellent source, The Masoretic Hebrew Text.
The Old Testament was translated into what language around 285 BC?
This is known as the Septuagint. The entire Old Testament, and this includes the book of Daniel written about 530BC, was translated from the Hebrew and Aramaic into Greek between 260BC and 276BC in the Bible translation now known as the Septuagint.
'Who translated the Bible from Hebrew and Greek to Latin'?
The Vulgate (Latin Bible) was translated by St. Jerome in the 4th Century.The Jewish books, what we call as Old Testament in The Bible, were translated into Koine Greek, called Septuagint, a few centuries before Jesus Christ, and hence existed Greek and Hebrew versions of the same text by the time of Jesus.Some of the Hebrew scriptures were lost in the destruction of the Jewish Temple in AD 70. When St. Jerome translated to Latin, he used both Hebrew and Greek versions, and used Greek versions for the lost Hebrew Texts.
Who translated the Bible to Hebrew?
No one. Most of the Old Testament was already written in Hebrew. There was no need to translate it. As for the New Testament, it was translated into Hebrew only recently (<100 years ago) by Evangelical missionaries.
What three languages are the Bible written in?
Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic = = The Old Testament was written in Hebrew and some Aramaic. The New Testament was written in Ancient Greek.
Was the New Testament written in Greek?
Yes.The 'Old Testament' was written in Hebrew and Aramaic, but the 'New Testament', was written in Greek.Yes, the New Testament was written in Greek
