Old Testament (Greek version)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Old_Testament_(Greek_version)

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:religion
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:LXX
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkbp:basisFor	gptkb:Old_Latin_Bible gptkb:Armenian_Bible gptkb:Coptic_Bible gptkb:Ethiopic_Bible gptkb:Georgian_Bible gptkb:Slavonic_Bible gptkb:Syriac_Peshitta
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:New_Testament gptkb:Josephus gptkb:Philo_of_Alexandria gptkb:Church_Fathers
gptkbp:commissionedBy	Ptolemy II Philadelphus (traditionally)
gptkbp:contains	gptkb:Talmud gptkb:Deuterocanonical_books Prophets Writings
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:Alexandria,_Egypt
gptkbp:distinctFrom	gptkb:Masoretic_Text
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Old Testament (Greek version)
gptkbp:includes	gptkb:2_Maccabees gptkb:Book_of_Sirach gptkb:Judith gptkb:1_Maccabees gptkb:Book_of_Wisdom gptkb:Tobit
gptkbp:influenced	New Testament authors
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Greek
gptkbp:notableFeature	contains books not found in Hebrew Bible basis for many early Christian quotations of scripture textual differences from Hebrew Bible
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Codex_Sinaiticus gptkb:Codex_Alexandrinus gptkb:Codex_Vaticanus
gptkbp:originalLanguage	gptkb:Hebrew
gptkbp:significance	influenced Christian Old Testament canon basis for Old Testament in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
gptkbp:translatedInto	gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkbp:translationPeriod	3rd to 2nd century BCE
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:early_Christians Greek-speaking Jews
gptkbp:usedIn	gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church gptkb:Coptic_Church gptkb:Ethiopian_Church
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4