Septuagint (Greek translation)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Septuagint_(Greek_translation)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:LXX
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:LXX
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Christian_literature gptkb:Hebrew_Bible gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:New_Testament
gptkbp:commissionedBy	Ptolemy II Philadelphus (traditionally)
gptkbp:contains	gptkb:Talmud gptkb:Deuterocanonical_books Prophets Writings
gptkbp:differenceFromMasoreticText	Different order of books Includes additional books Textual variations
gptkbp:genre	gptkb:Hebrew_Bible gptkb:religion translator
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Septuagint (Greek translation)
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Old_Testament_of_the_Christian_Bible
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Koine_Greek
gptkbp:originalLanguageOfSourceText	gptkb:Hebrew
gptkbp:placeOfTranslation	gptkb:Alexandria,_Egypt
gptkbp:preservedIn	gptkb:Codex_Sinaiticus gptkb:Codex_Alexandrinus gptkb:Codex_Vaticanus
gptkbp:relatedWork	gptkb:Dead_Sea_Scrolls gptkb:Hebrew_Bible gptkb:Vulgate gptkb:Masoretic_Text gptkb:Peshitta
gptkbp:significance	Contains Apocrypha First major translation of Hebrew scriptures Basis for Old Latin translations Source for some differences between Catholic/Orthodox and Protestant Old Testaments Basis for many Old Testament quotations in the New Testament Important for textual criticism Influenced Christian theology Key text for biblical scholarship Source for Septuagintal studies Used in liturgy
gptkbp:translatedInto	3rd–2nd century BCE Seventy (legendary)
gptkbp:usedBy	gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church gptkb:Oriental_Orthodox_Churches gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church gptkb:Hellenistic_Jews gptkb:Early_Christians
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Translation_of_the_New_Testament
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7