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Seventy
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seventy
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Proper noun
The translators of the Septuagint
en The Seventy have totally miſrepreſented Iſaiah viii.14, 15 . 1823 Herbert Marsh Introduction to the New Testament 1 4th 224 http://books.google.ca/books?id=qlcHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA224#v=onepage&f=false
en It was impossible to avoid pagan terminology altogether, however, and the Seventy relaxed their vigilance when dealing with poetry. 1988 Elias J. Bickerman The Jews in the Greek Age 114 http://books.google.ca/books?id=PeP-nJaBCv8C&pg=PA114#v=onepage&q&f=false 0-674-47490-2
en Jerome could accommodate himself to the ecclesiastical consensus, but he expresses clearly and trenchantly his critical opinion that the Seventy were not inspired . 1989 William McKane Selected Christian Hebraists 127 http://books.google.ca/books?id=W3ZgSxuGwVEC&pg=PA127#v=onepage&f=false 0-521-35507-9
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translators of the Septuagint
French: fr Septante
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