Greek about 250 B.C., the Prophets about a century later, and “the rest of the books” perhaps another century or more later. It is likely that the Greek translation of the Song of Songs was completed by 100 B.C., probably in Alexandria. The translation strives to render the Hebrew text as literally as possible. What may seem at first glance to be additions are often found to be the result of transpositions of words or phrases which appear elsewhere in the Hebrew text as we now have it. There is no