HSM · Manuscripts

Septuagint (LXX)

An important witness to how Jewish Scriptures were translated and read in the Greek-speaking world.

Manuscript or textual tradition

Type

Translation tradition

Approximate period

Greek translation began in the 3rd century BCE

Language

Ancient Greek, translated largely from Hebrew

Textual tradition

Ancient Greek Jewish Scriptures, transmitted in multiple witnesses

Witnesses and designations

Greek biblical papyri; Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus

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