Septuagint
Alexandrian scriptural translation
The Septuagint is the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, produced in Alexandria around the third century BCE.
The name comes from the Latin for seventy, referring to the tradition that seventy-two Jewish scholars created the translation.
It became the standard Old Testament text for early Christians and remains authoritative in Eastern Orthodox churches.
Often abbreviated LXX.
First biblical book
- ExodusMass departure from a place
- PsalmsBiblical book of songs
- IsaiahHebrew prophet, major book
- PentateuchFive books of Moses
Deuteronomy · Proverbs · Ecclesiastes · apocrypha · Maccabees · Wisdom · Judith · deuterocanonical
Of Athenian origin
- HebrewSemitic language of Israel
- AlexandriaEgyptian Mediterranean port
- PtolemyGreco-Egyptian astronomer, geographer
- scriptureSacred religious writings
codex · manuscript · papyrus · translation · Aquila · textual · variant · canon
Genesis
First biblical book
Pentateuch · Deuteronomy · Proverbs · Ecclesiastes · apocrypha · Maccabees · Wisdom · Judith · deuterocanonical
Greek
Of Athenian origin
- HebrewSemitic language of Israel
- AlexandriaEgyptian Mediterranean port
- PtolemyGreco-Egyptian astronomer, geographer
scripture · codex · manuscript · papyrus · translation · Aquila · textual · variant · canon · recension
lectionary
Scheduled scripture for services
Coptic · Ethiopian · Armenian · ecclesiastical · chant · vespers · matins
- ancient worldancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient Egypt, pyramids, pyramid
- JudaismShabbat, kosher, Passover, Torah, Hanukkah
- religionChristianity, Islam, beliefs, Judaism, Hinduism
- Hebrew BibleTanakh, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers
- ancient AlexandriaLighthouse of Alexandria, Serapeum, Ptolemy, Cleopatra, Alexander the Great
- ancient librariesscrolls, papyrus, clay tablets, scriptoriums, Serapeum