The story of Translation of the Septuagint

The making of the Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures in Egypt, from about the mid-3rd century BCE; the Letter of Aristeas and modern scholars tell it differently.

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c. 300 BCE – c. 100 BCE

Translation of the Septuagint. The making of the Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures in Egypt, from about the mid-3rd century BCE; the Letter of Aristeas and modern scholars tell it differently.

The translation of the Septuagint led to the Septuagint.

According to the Letter of Aristeas.

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