Septuagint
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| - | The Greek Septuagint also | + | The Septuagint (IPA: /ˈsɛptuədʒɪnt/), or simply "[[LXX]]", is the Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, erroniously assumed to be translated in stages between the 3rd and 1st centuries BC in Alexandria. The Septuagint was most probably translated by [[Origen]] in about 300 AD. There is at least one highly unreliable nearly complete text of the LXX, [[Codex Alexandrinus]]. Nearly complete texts of the Septuagint are also found in the [[Codex Vaticanus]] and [[Codex Sinaiticus]], which do not perfectly coincide. |
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.christianmissionconnection.org/The_Septuagint_A_Critical_Analysis.pdf The Septuagint a Critical Analysis] PDF Artcile by [[Floyd Jones]] | *[http://www.christianmissionconnection.org/The_Septuagint_A_Critical_Analysis.pdf The Septuagint a Critical Analysis] PDF Artcile by [[Floyd Jones]] | ||
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The Septuagint (IPA: /ˈsɛptuədʒɪnt/), or simply "LXX", is the Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, erroniously assumed to be translated in stages between the 3rd and 1st centuries BC in Alexandria. The Septuagint was most probably translated by Origen in about 300 AD. There is at least one highly unreliable nearly complete text of the LXX, Codex Alexandrinus. Nearly complete texts of the Septuagint are also found in the Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus, which do not perfectly coincide.
External Links
- The Septuagint a Critical Analysis PDF Artcile by Floyd Jones
