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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 of the translation of the [[Bible]] into [[Koine Greek]] in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE. This was the first translation of the [[Hebrew]] [[Old Testament]] of the [[Bible]]<ref>The [http://www.septuagint.net/ Septuagint] on the Web.</ref> into any new language from its original, which was mostly [[Hebrew]] and some [[Aramaic]].  

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 of the translation of the [[Bible]] into [[Koine Greek]] in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE. This was the first translation of the [[Hebrew]] [[Old Testament]] of the [[Bible]]<ref>The [http://www.septuagint.net/ Septuagint] on the Web.</ref> into any new language from its original, which was mostly [[Hebrew]] and some [[Aramaic]].  

The Septuagint is treated in Jewish texts as a ''fait accompli'', but an undesirable one. Initially, only the five books in the [[Pentateuch]] were translated by seventy elders at the request of King Ptolemy, in the middle of the 3rd century BC. Then in the 2nd century BC, the remaining [[Old Testament]] books were likewise translated, as were additional external texts. This translation was intended to be used by Greek-speaking Jews in the Mediterranean basin, especially in Alexandria.  

The Septuagint is treated in Jewish texts as a ''fait accompli'', but an undesirable one. Initially, only the five books in the [[Pentateuch]] were translated by seventy elders at the request of King Ptolemy, in the middle of the 3rd century BC. Then in the 2nd century BC, the remaining [[Old Testament]] books were likewise translated,<ref>https://www.britannica.com/topic/Septuagint</ref> as were additional external texts. This translation was intended to be used by Greek-speaking Jews in the Mediterranean basin, especially in Alexandria.  

With the adoption of the translation into the fold of Christianity, it was abandoned by Judaism and preserved mainly in the Christian church. But the ancient Jewish [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] relied on the Septuagint and sometimes adhered more closely to it than to the Masoretic Hebrew text. Between the Masoretic text and the Septuagint Greek translation, differences arose in text, style, terminology, and sometimes differences in the editing order of the chapters in the work.

With the adoption of the translation into the fold of Christianity, it was abandoned by Judaism and preserved mainly in the Christian church. But the ancient Jewish [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] relied on the Septuagint and sometimes adhered more closely to it than to the Masoretic Hebrew text. Between the Masoretic text and the Septuagint Greek translation, differences arose in text, style, terminology, and sometimes differences in the editing order of the chapters in the work.