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Although the orgins of The Septuagint, the most influential of the Greek versions of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, are uncertain, different versions of a legend about the miraculous nature of its translation have existed since antiquity. The legend describes how Ptolemy Philadelphus (285-247 BCE) commissioned 72 Jewish scribes to translate the sacred Hebrew scriptures for his famous library in Alexandria and how the scribes, working independently, produced identical Greek versions. A

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Author

Abraham Wasserstein; David J. Wasserstein

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521104616

Category

religious

Subjects

Religion, Judaism, Christian

Updated

2026-03-24