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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Aquila of Sinope’s Greek translation canonical 1

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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ