The Translation of the Seventy: History, Reception, and Contemporary Use of the Septuagint by Edmon L. Gallagher

The Translation of the Seventy: History, Reception, and Contemporary Use of the Septuagint

Edmon L. Gallagher

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As the story goes, a few centuries before the birth of Jesus, seventy Jewish sages produced a Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures at the request of an Egyptian king. While some Jews believed this translation was itself inspired Scripture, e...

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