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The Septuagint is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible and the Scriptures read by early Christians. Septuagint studies have been a growth field in the past twenty years. It has become an area of interest not only for textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible but as a product of Judaism in the Graeco-Roman world. It is even being utilized occasionally by scholars of Greek religion. At the same...

periodic departures from typical translation patterns (NETS, p. 1). Although we would not compare LXX Genesis with the slavish and meticulous renderings of Aquila, it does maintain a strong correspondence with the Hebrew—but not without offering independent renderings where the text might have proved difficult to translate. Since LXX Genesis, in most instances, offers a close translation of the Hebrew, Wevers argues that the translators were likely influenced by the fact that they were working on
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