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The result is a work produced largely by scholarly consensus and was the primary translation in Palestine at the time of Jesus. The [[Gospels]], [[Paul]], [[James]], [[Peter]], [[Jude]], and the author of the [[Hebrews (book)|Epistle to the Hebrews]] quoted from the Septuagint often in their respective writings.
 
The result is a work produced largely by scholarly consensus and was the primary translation in Palestine at the time of Jesus. The [[Gospels]], [[Paul]], [[James]], [[Peter]], [[Jude]], and the author of the [[Hebrews (book)|Epistle to the Hebrews]] quoted from the Septuagint often in their respective writings.
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The Septuagint contains the thirty-nine [[Biblical canon|canonical]] books of the Old Testament, but also contains the books called the [[Apocrypha]], which are considered non-inspired, and hence non-canonical, by most [[Protestantism|Protestant]] denominations.  The Apocrypha are considered canonical by the [[Roman Catholic Church]], and are included in Catholic Bibles.
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The Septuagint contains the thirty-nine [[Biblical canon|canonical]] books of the Old Testament, but also contains the books called the [[Apocrypha]], which are considered non-inspired, and hence non-canonical, by most [[Protestantism|Protestant]] denominations.  The Apocrypha are considered canonical by the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and the Orthodox communities, and are included in Catholic Bibles.
    
== Objections to the Septuagint ==
 
== Objections to the Septuagint ==
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