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
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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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Bible hasTranslation Septuagint
Koine Greek usedIn Septuagint
Koine Greek primaryLanguageOf Septuagint manuscripts
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Septuagint hasAlternativeName LXX
linked to: Septuagint
Septuagint hasAlternativeName Greek Old Testament
linked to: Septuagint
Vulgate basedOn Greek Septuagint
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Hellenistic Jews produced Septuagint
Tanakh influenced Christian Old Testament
linked to: Septuagint
Book of Jeremiah hasShorterVersion Septuagint Jeremiah
linked to: Septuagint
Lamentations includedIn Septuagint
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
linked to: Septuagint
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
Psalm 90 includedIn Septuagint
Chronicle usesSource Septuagint
Hexapla hasPart Septuagint
Commentary on Isaiah usesSource Greek Septuagint
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Targums relatedConcept Septuagint