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A Thorough, Accessible Introduction to the Greek Translation of the Old Testament. Most people think that the Septuagint—the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament—is only for scholars. But understanding even the basics about the Septuagint is helpful for academics and laypeople alike. In this book, scholars Gregory R. Lanier and William A. Ross examine what the Septuagint is and why...
In fact, we have no evidence for any notion of either unity or uniformity for the Greek translations (note the plural) of the Hebrew Bible as a whole, at any point, anywhere, all the way from the earliest translation efforts to at least the end of the Second Temple period (ca. mid-third century BC through late first century AD).10 As far as we know, based on ancient writings, including the New Testament, there was no terminology used to refer specifically to Jewish Scriptures written in Greek. Put
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