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(especially in the Book of Daniel)
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New Testament authors used the Septuagint.
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add footnote to the Encyclopedia Britannica
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improved
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into any new language from its original, which was mostly Hebrew and some Aramaic
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see Exodus 12:40
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In some instances, the Septuagint agreed more with the Samaritan version of the Pentateuch than with the Masoretic/Jewish) text. See, e.g., Exodus 12:40.
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wikify New Testament
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→External links: added link to Overview of the Septuagint Bible
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as requested by Ptolemy II
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the first translation of the Hebrew Old Testament of the Bible
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→Objections to the Septuagint: corr misspelling - added info
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→Objections to the Septuagint: improper grammar - "Jews were suspect" revised to "Jews were suspicious" - one who is "suspect" is not trusted - one who is "suspicious" of something does not trust what is "suspect"
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→History: added to ref note in previous edit the fact that Sirach/Ecclesiasticus was originally written in Hebrew, not Greek
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"his staff found Hebrew to be a difficult language to understand" - substantiating text at preface in Sir. 1:1 Douay-Rheims 1899 American edition, link https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Sirach+1%3A1&version=DRA - added at risk of redundancy
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→External links: quote marks indicating assertion by author of article
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→Objections to the Septuagint: added quote to ref note "...for the Hebrew words have not the same force in them when translated into another tongue. And not only these, but the law also itself, and the prophets, and the rest of the books"...
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→Objections to the Septuagint: ref note link to Douay-Rheims Sirach 1:1 preface to the Book of Sirach https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Sirach+1%3A1&version=DRA
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→Table of LXX quotes and allusions in the New Testament: I failed to corr link to Tobit 13:11 in preceding edit - final edit this article
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→Table of LXX quotes and allusions in the New Testament: finshing edit checking links
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→Table of LXX quotes and allusions in the New Testament: corr error in links - bringing to a finish checking links
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→Table of LXX quotes and allusions in the New Testament: Revelation 17:14 also alludes to Ws 16:24 - finishing continuing checking links
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→Table of LXX quotes and allusions in the New Testament: minor revision - capitalization in link to Ark of the Covenant - finishing continuing checking of links
m→Table of LXX quotes and allusions in the New Testament: note providing context of 2 Mc 2:7 and why ark of the covenant is not found on earth - finishing up continuing checking links
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→Table of LXX quotes and allusions in the New Testament: finally found error [ 2%7&version ] should have been [ 2%3A7&version ]
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