Septuagint

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The Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures that became the primary Old Testament text for early Christians and Greek-speaking Jews.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
ancient Bible translation ⓘ
textual tradition ⓘ
associatedNumber 70 ⓘ
72 ⓘ
basisFor Armenian Bible ⓘ
Coptic Bible translations ⓘ
Georgian Bible ⓘ
Old Latin translations ⓘ
dateOfOrigin 2nd century BCE ⓘ
3rd century BCE ⓘ
fieldOfStudy Septuagint studies ⓘ
textual criticism ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Greek Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Septuagint

LXX ⓘ
linked to: Septuagint
hasCanonicalStatus Old Testament canon in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
hasGenre religious text ⓘ
hasLanguage Koine Greek ⓘ
hasOriginalLanguage Biblical Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic

Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
hasPart Greek Pentateuch ⓘ
linked to: Torah

Greek Prophets ⓘ
linked to: Greek Writings

Greek Torah ⓘ
linked to: Torah

Greek Writings ⓘ
hasScript Greek alphabet ⓘ
hasSignificanceIn Christian theology ⓘ
Jewish studies ⓘ
biblical studies ⓘ
hasSubject Hebrew Scriptures ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
includesBook Deuteronomy ⓘ
linked to: Book of Deuteronomy

Exodus ⓘ
linked to: Book of Exodus

Ezekiel ⓘ
linked to: Book of Ezekiel

Genesis ⓘ
linked to: Book of Genesis

Isaiah ⓘ
Jeremiah ⓘ
linked to: Book of Jeremiah

Job ⓘ
linked to: Book of Job

Leviticus ⓘ
linked to: Torah

Numbers ⓘ
Proverbs ⓘ
linked to: Wisdom Literature

Psalms ⓘ
The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ
includesDeuterocanonicalBook 1 Maccabees ⓘ
2 Maccabees ⓘ
Additions to Daniel ⓘ
Additions to Esther ⓘ
Baruch ⓘ
Judith ⓘ
Sirach ⓘ
linked to: Book of Sirach

Tobit ⓘ
Wisdom of Solomon ⓘ
linked to: Book of Wisdom
influenced New Testament authors ⓘ
namedAfter seventy translators ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Alexandria ⓘ
Ptolemaic Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom
preservedIn Codex Alexandrinus ⓘ
Codex Sinaiticus ⓘ
Codex Vaticanus ⓘ
primaryOldTestamentFor Greek-speaking Christians ⓘ
early Church ⓘ
quotedIn New Testament ⓘ
relatedTo Dead Sea Scrolls ⓘ
Masoretic Text ⓘ
textType Alexandrian text-type ⓘ
translatedFrom Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Tanakh ⓘ
usedBy Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Greek-speaking Jews ⓘ
Hellenistic Jews ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

early Christians ⓘ

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Septuagint → hasAlternativeName → Greek Old Testament ⓘ
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Hellenistic Jews → produced → Septuagint ⓘ
Tanakh → influenced → Christian Old Testament ⓘ
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Book of Jeremiah → hasShorterVersion → Septuagint Jeremiah ⓘ
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Lamentations → includedIn → Septuagint ⓘ
Greek Writings → partOf → Septuagint ⓘ
Greek Writings → relatedTo → Septuagint canon ⓘ
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Judith (book) → partOf → Septuagint ⓘ
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1 Maccabees → partOf → Septuagint ⓘ
Additions to Esther → partOf → Septuagint ⓘ
Additions to Esther → associatedWith → Septuagint version of Esther ⓘ
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Codex Vaticanus → contains → Old Testament (Septuagint) ⓘ
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Apocrypha (in early editions) → basedOn → Septuagint tradition ⓘ
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Confraternity Bible → scripturalSource → Greek Septuagint ⓘ
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1 Samuel → alternateName → 1 Kingdoms (in some Septuagint traditions) ⓘ
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2 Maccabees → partOf → Septuagint ⓘ
Codex Sinaiticus → contains → Septuagint ⓘ
Books of Kings → preservedIn → Septuagint ⓘ
Book of Sirach → includedIn → Septuagint ⓘ
Baruch → partOf → Septuagint ⓘ
Book of Wisdom → includedIn → Septuagint ⓘ
Tobit → partOf → Septuagint ⓘ
Tobit → preservedIn → Septuagint manuscripts ⓘ
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Psalm 151 → partOf → Septuagint ⓘ
Letter of Jeremiah → partOf → Septuagint ⓘ
Letter of Jeremiah → partOf → Greek Old Testament ⓘ
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Letter of Jeremiah → separateBookIn → Septuagint manuscripts ⓘ
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Prayer of Manasseh → includedIn → Odes (in some Greek biblical manuscripts) ⓘ
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3 Maccabees → partOf → Septuagint ⓘ
Bel and the Dragon → includedIn → Septuagint ⓘ
Greek language → usedIn → Septuagint (Greek translation of Hebrew Bible) ⓘ
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Susanna → partOf → Septuagint tradition of Daniel ⓘ
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Orit → relatedTo → Septuagint ⓘ
King Ahasuerus → appearsIn → Septuagint ⓘ
1 Esdras → partOf → Septuagint ⓘ
Laban → religiousTextTradition → Septuagint ⓘ
Habakkuk → textualTradition → Septuagint ⓘ
Boaz → mentionedIn → Septuagint ⓘ