Questions tagged [septuagint]
Questions relating to the manuscript evidence of the LXX
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Where can I find Julia Smith's translation of the Septuagint?
Julia Smith writes in her preface to her translation of the Bible,
I had studied Latin and Greek at school, and began by translating the
Greek New Testament, and then the Septuagint, from which our ...
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Which canon did the Early Church recognize?
I’m trying to compile the History of the Bible, at least the Christian recognition of what was inspired and what wasn’t in the Old Testament. I‘ll neglect the question of who had the authority to ...
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Does the Old Testament word Sheol have Greek or Hebrew origins?
The word "Sheol" is a fairly modern word used in modern translations of the Old Testament to represent hell, Hades or The Grave or 'The Place of the Dead'. It's the Hebrew's conception of ...
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What was the reason why the Jews specifically used the substitute Adonay/Kyrios for the Tetragrammaton?
God has one name. ‘’I am Yhwh and that is my name’’ (אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה ה֣וּא שְׁמִ֑י Isaiah 42:8).
In the Hebrew Pentateuch the name of God was the Tetragrammaton (the four letter) ‘Yhwh’.
The Jews ...
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Do Bible translations matter? [closed]
I'm asking this from a born-again Christian perspective (so I guess this makes me an evangelical Protestant) and seeing how there's controversy over the KJV, NIV, ESV etc., does the type of Bible that ...
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Why does the Fifth Ode (Prayer of Isaiah) begin at verse 9 and end at verse 20?
Ode 5 in the LXX Book of Odes, and in the canon at Byzantine Orthros/Matins, starts at Isaiah 26:9. Why does it skip the first nine verses which open with the introduction making it clear the whole ...
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What is older: Dead Sea Scrolls or Septuagint? Which is more reliable?
In the future, I will learn Koine Greek and I will read the New Testament in it’s original language. I will also read the Septuagint. The Dead Sea scrolls are all fragments so They are defined not ...
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How did C. A. Muses revise Thomson's translation of the Septuagint?
Charles Thomson's translation of the Septuagint was published in 1808, and the revision of C. A. Muses was printed in 1954. What is an overview of the revisions that Muses made to Thomson's original ...
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Is there a translation of the Bible into Hebrew that is based on the LXX+NT?
What I mean by my question is this: Has the Septuagint and the Greek New Testament both been translated into Hebrew and put together in one volume?
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Do Protestants believe Jesus misquoted Psalm 8:2 in Matthew 21:16?
In Matthew 21:15–16, Jesus is praised by children in the temple after healing the blind and the lame. When questioned by the chief priests and scribes, he points out that what was occurring was ...
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What are the six OT quotes in the NT, which are not from the Septuagint?
What are the six OT quotes in the NT, which are not from the Septuagint? I was aware that some of them were not, but it's surprising to learn (see below) that there are only six of them. And, an ...
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Is the OT translation in "The Apostolic Bible - Polyglot" based strictly on the LXX or MT text?
In reference to the answer given to Are there any English Bible translations whose primary text for the OT is the Septuagint? some further issues arise:
There's a rather interesting translation ...
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Is there an English translation of the OT, which is strictly based on the Septuagint? [duplicate]
The Masoretic Text was used as the basis for translations of the Old Testament in Protestant Bibles, such as the King James Version (KJV), and American Standard Version, and for some versions of ...
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Did the pre-Christian Greek Bible contain only the five books of Moses?
The New Testament quotes portions of the Greek Old Testament (known as the Septuagint, or LXX for short), including portions of books beyond the Pentateuch (or five books of Moses), some of which are ...
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Did Jesus or any of the New Testament authors ever quote a textual variant?
Among many (good) arguments against KJV-onlyism, I have heard the following argument:
The idea that “preservation” requires us to have 100% accurate knowledge of the original words of scripture is ...
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How possible is it that the Septuagint / LXX wasn't specifically quoted in the NT?
Couldn't it be possible that the NT writers quoted from a Hebrew or Aramaic Old Testament, and that the Septuagint was transliterated afterwards, or that the NT was later translated to match the ...
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What are the meanings of the abbreviations used in the Hatch/Redpath Concordance to the Septuagint?
I bought the Hatch/Redpath concordance to the Septuagint set a little while ago. I have looked everywhere, and can't find a key to all the abbreviations and what they mean. The preface is of very ...
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Are there any English Bible translations whose primary text for the OT is the Septuagint?
The translators of most English Bible translations used the Hebrew Masoretic Text as their primary source for the Old Testament, though they will use the Septuagint and other texts to critically ...
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What is the Septuagint? [closed]
As the title asks, what is the Septuagint?
I've heard it referred to in a number of questions on this site and other sources across the internet, but I what is the Septuagint and what is it's ...
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Jesus' quotation of Septuagint - Greek or Aramaic?
Having read this and this, I am convinced now that Jesus spoke Aramaic. However, I also know that many times He was quoting Septuagint, which is a translation of the Old Testament into Koine Greek. I ...
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Must a Christian accept the Bible to be infallible and/or inerrant? [closed]
Related question: What is the difference between "infallible" and "inerrant"?
I have heard lists of requirements to be considered Christian; among those, I find these the most ...
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Why doesn't the Catholic Bible include all books from Septuagint?
The Catholic Bible (as opposed to the Protestant Bible) includes the so-called deuterocanonical books. It's commonly simply stated that the books in Septuagint are included in the Catholic canon. ...
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Can we trust the Septuagint? [closed]
I've previously used the Apostolic Bible for digging deeper into the meanings of passages. However, I've found that some passages in the Old Testament make no sense compared to the modern ...
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