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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]]. [[New Testament]] authors used the Septuagint.

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.  

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.