Bible,27 so the NT language reflects Greek Septuagintal expressions.28 In fact, some of the arguments in the book of Hebrews depend upon the formulation of the OT in the LXX version (e.g., 1:6 cf. Deut 32:43; 10:5–7 cf. Psa 40:6–8). Furthermore, their entire thought-world, especially the religious concepts in which they formulated their belief system—monotheism, covenant, election, people of God, atonement, and sin, to name a few—derived from OT theological convictions. Obviously, in the