Septuagint

septuagint English Etymology From en la-lat Septuaginta, lit. "The Seventy", a clipping of earlier descriptional names such as la septuaginta la translatio translation by the seventy and la septuaginta la interpretes the 70 interpreters, calques of en grc-koi - names such as grc οἱ - grc ἐβδομήκοντα - grc ἑρμηνευταί - (hoi ebdomḗkonta hermēneutaí, “the 70 interpreters”) and grc οἱ - grc Ο′ - (hoi O′, “the LXX”), deriving from the popular (but Letter of Aristeas probably mistaken) belief that its translation of the Torah had been produced in 72 days by a team of 72 Jewish scholars from Jerusalem (6 from each Twelve Tribes of Israel tribe) summoned to Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus Ptolemy II. Pronunciation en /sɛpˈtu.ə.d͡ʒənt/ /sɛpˈtju.ə.d͡ʒənt/ /ˈsɛp.ʃə.wəˌd͡ʒɪnt/ /ˈsɛp.t͡ʃə.wəˌd͡ʒɪnt/ /ˈsɛp.tə.wəˌd͡ʒɪnt/ GA en /ˈsɛp.tjʊ.ə.d͡ʒɪnt/ /ˈsɛp.t͡ʃʊ.ə.d͡ʒɪnt/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Typheuss-Septuagint.wav AU en Sep tu a gint Proper noun ~ en now _ rare The team of translators who produced the Septuagint. en Q29334en bible An influential Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible produced in Alexandria in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE. 2006, Katrin Hauspie, Theodoret and Messianic Verses in the Septuagint version of Ezekiel, Michael Anthony Knibb (editor), The Septuagint and Messianism, Leuven University Press, Peeters Publishers (Peeters Leuven), page 503, Traces of messianism in the Septuagint have occupied scholars for years; the Book of Ezekiel too has challenged attention in this specific domain of research. 2009, Jan Joosten, The Prayer of Azariah (DanLXX 3): Sources and Origin, Johann Cook (editor), Septuagint and Reception, Brill Publishers BRILL, page 5, The Septuagint originated, for the most part, as a translation of a source text. As such it represents a link—and a very important one—in the reception history of the Hebrew-Aramaic scriptures. But the Septuagint very soon turned into a literary and religious reference in its own right.The Septuagint itself became the starting point for a new reception history. en 2022 William A. Ross Postclassical Greek and Septuagint Lexicography Society of Biblical Literature SBL Press https://books.google.com.au/books?id=VWlnEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA42&dq=%22Septuagint%22%7C%22Septuagints%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwir3qns24T9AhVYTmwGHUQcD1wQ6AF6BAgeEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Septuagint%22%7C%22Septuagints%22&f=false 42 Other important works appeared that continued the discussion about the position of the Septuagint within postclassical Greek. Synonyms en LXX Derived terms en septuagint, en Septuagintal, en Septuagintalist Translations an ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible into Ancient Greek Arabic: ar اَلتَّرْجَمَة اَلسَّبْعِينِيَة at-tarjama s-sabʕīniyya f Armenian: hy Յոթանասնից թարգմանություն Old Armenian: xcl Եօթանասնից թարգմանութիւն Catalan: ca Septuaginta Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 七十士譯本 Czech: cs Septuaginta Danish: da Septuaginta Dutch: nl Septuaginta f, nl Septuagint f Esperanto: eo Septuaginto Estonian: et Septuaginta Finnish: fi Septuaginta French: fr Septante German: de Septuaginta f Greek: el Μετάφραση των Εβδομήκοντα, el εβδομήκοντα Εβδομήκοντα Hebrew: he תרגום השבעים m targúm hashiv'ím Indonesian: id Septuaginta Italian: it Septuaginta Japanese: ja 七十人訳聖書 しちじゅうにんやくせいしょ, Shichijūnin'yaku Seisho; ななじゅうにんやくせいしょ, Nanajūnin'yaku Seisho Korean: ko ^칠십인역 성경(七十人譯聖經) Latin: la Septuaginta n Norwegian: no Septuaginta Polish: pl Septuaginta f Portuguese: pt Septuaginta f Romanian: ro Septuaginta Russian: ru Септуаги́нта f Spanish: es Septuaginta f Swedish: sv Septuaginta Ukrainian: uk Септуаґі́нта f References Septuagint n 176247 2022 en Books Christianity Judaism Seventy Dutch Etymology Shortening of older nl Septuaginta, perhaps influenced by English. Pronunciation nl /ˌsɛp.ty.aːˈɣɪnt/ nl Nl-Septuagint.ogg nl Sep tu a gint nl ɪnt Proper noun f nl Septuaginta