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The '''Septuagint''' (pronounced, sep-tjoo-uh-jint, literally "Interpretation According to the Seventy" and called the '''LXX'''<ref>[[Latin]] ''Interpretatio Septuaginta'', [[Greek language|Greek]] ''Hermeneutica kata ton hebdomekonton'' abbreviated as "LXX". This translation was requested by [[Ptolemy II Philadelphus|Ptolemy II]].</ref> (Ancient Greek: Ἡ Μετάφρασις τῶν Ἑβδομήκοντα or οʹ; Latin: Septuaginta or LXX) is the name given to the translation of the Bible into Koine Greek in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE.   

The '''Septuagint''' (pronounced, sep-tjoo-uh-jint, literally "Interpretation According to the Seventy" and called the '''LXX'''<ref>[[Latin]] ''Interpretatio Septuaginta'', [[Greek language|Greek]] ''Hermeneutica kata ton hebdomekonton'' abbreviated as "LXX". This translation was requested by [[Ptolemy II Philadelphus|Ptolemy II]].</ref> (Ancient Greek: Ἡ Μετάφρασις τῶν Ἑβδομήκοντα or οʹ; Latin: Septuaginta or LXX) is the name given to the translation of the Bible into Koine Greek in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE.   

Knon as the first translation of the [[Hebrew]] [[Old Testament]] of the [[Bible]]<ref>The [http://www.septuagint.net/ Septuagint] onp the Web.</ref> into any foreign language—and specifically the [[Greek|classical Greek]] and [[Koine Greek]], it then expanded to other text.  

Known as the first translation of the [[Hebrew]] [[Old Testament]] of the [[Bible]]<ref>The [http://www.septuagint.net/ Septuagint] on the Web.</ref> into any foreign language—and specifically the [[Greek|classical Greek]] and [[Koine Greek]], it then expanded to other text.  

The Septuagint is treated in Jewish text as a fait accompli, but an undesirable one. Initially, only the five Pentateuch were translated by seventy elders at the request of King Ptolemy. This is the first translation of any biblical collection. Initially, the translation was intended to be used by Greek-speaking Jews in the Mediterranean basin, especially in Alexandria. 350 years later[citation needed] the Septuagint was expanded by Christian translators to include all 24 books,  And external books that are not part of the Holy Scriptures were also added to it. With the adoption of the translation into the fold of Christianity, it was abandoned by Judaism and preserved mainly in the Christian church. Between the Masoretic text and the Septuagint translation, differences arose in text, style, terminology, and sometimes differences in the editing order of the chapters in the work.

The Septuagint is treated in Jewish text as a fait accompli, but an undesirable one. Initially, only the five Pentateuch were translated by seventy elders at the request of King Ptolemy. This is the first translation of any biblical collection. Initially, the translation was intended to be used by Greek-speaking Jews in the Mediterranean basin, especially in Alexandria. 350 years later[citation needed] the Septuagint was expanded by Christian translators to include all 24 books,  And external books that are not part of the Holy Scriptures were also added to it. With the adoption of the translation into the fold of Christianity, it was abandoned by Judaism and preserved mainly in the Christian church. Between the Masoretic text and the Septuagint translation, differences arose in text, style, terminology, and sometimes differences in the editing order of the chapters in the work.