Aquila of Sinope’s Greek translation

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Aquila of Sinope’s Greek translation is a highly literal early Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, known for its close adherence to the Hebrew text and its inclusion in Origen’s Hexapla.

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instanceOf Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible
biblical translation
approximateDate c. 130 CE
associatedWith Jewish–Christian scriptural controversies in the 2nd century
characteristic close adherence to the Hebrew text
highly literal
word-for-word rendering
citedBy Epiphanius of Salamis
Jerome
Origen
columnPositionInHexapla one of the Greek columns
comparedWith Septuagint
date 2nd century CE
differenceFromSeptuagint closer to Masoretic-type Hebrew text
more literal
genre religious text
geographicContext Roman Empire
Sinope
linked to: Sinop
hasFragmentaryEvidenceFrom Cairo Genizah
Greek biblical manuscripts with marginal notes
includedIn Origen’s Hexapla
linked to: Hexapla
influencedBy rabbinic interpretation of the Hebrew Bible
language Koine Greek
method formal equivalence
notableFeature attempts to reproduce Hebrew morphology in Greek
frequent use of Greek neologisms to mirror Hebrew roots
preservationStatus partly preserved in marginal notes of manuscripts
partly preserved through quotations by Church Fathers
survives mainly in fragments
purpose to counter the Christian use of the Septuagint
to provide a precise Jewish Greek version of the Hebrew Bible
religiousTradition Judaism
scholarlyField Septuagint studies
history of biblical interpretation
textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible
scripturalCorpus Pentateuch
linked to: Five Books of Moses

Prophets
Writings
sourceLanguage Biblical Hebrew
textType Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament
translationPhilosophy extreme literalism
translator Aquila of Sinope
usedBy Jewish communities in antiquity
usedFor rabbinic exegesis
scriptural study

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Hexapla hasPart Aquila of Sinope’s Greek translation