Greek Septuagint

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:manuscript
ancient translation
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:LXX
gptkbp:category gptkb:Christian_literature
gptkb:Judaism
Bible translations
Ancient Greek texts
gptkbp:citation gptkb:New_Testament
gptkbp:commissionedBy Ptolemaic dynasty
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Talmud
gptkb:Deuterocanonical_books
Prophets
Writings
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Alexandria,_Egypt
gptkbp:date 3rd century BCE
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:Masoretic_Text
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Greek Septuagint
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Christian_Old_Testament_canon
gptkbp:language gptkb:Koine_Greek
gptkbp:notableFeature includes books not found in Hebrew Bible
textual variations from Hebrew versions
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Old_Testament_(Greek_version)
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:Codex_Sinaiticus
gptkb:Codex_Alexandrinus
gptkb:Codex_Vaticanus
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Letter_of_Aristeas
gptkb:Origen's_Hexapla
gptkb:Symmachus_translation
gptkb:Theodotion_translation
gptkb:Jewish_community
Aquila translation
Septuagint scholars
gptkbp:significance first major translation of Hebrew scriptures
basis for many later translations
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:early_Christians
gptkb:Hellenistic_Jews
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church
gptkb:Coptic_Church
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:New_Jerusalem_Bible
gptkb:Psalterium_Gallicanum
gptkb:Old_Latin_Bible
gptkb:Armenian_Bible
gptkb:Coptic_Bible
gptkb:Slavonic_Bible
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5