Which Greek text is being quoted? Do we actually have a Greek witness with that reading or is it labeled a Septuagintal quote because it does not reflect what we have in the Hebrew? How is the use of a Greek text as opposed to the Hebrew reflected in the theology of the writer? Does it make any difference? Part of the problem of the use of “LXX” is related to terminology. The name Septuagint derives from the tradition in the Letter of Aristeas that seventy-two (or seventy; hence the abbreviation
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