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discussion of Old Testament translations
{{Christianity}}
{{Christianity}}
The original translation of the Bible was the Septuagint (known as the "LXX"), which was Greek translation of the [[Hebrew]] [[Bible]] ([[Old Testament]]). It is the oldest version of the [[Bible]] [[extant]] today.<ref>http://www.ecmarsh.com/lxx/</ref> This is the version of the Old Testament was used by [[Jesus]] and His followers, and few disputed interpretations in that Bible (such as the prophesy of a virgin birth of the [[Messiah]]) were carried over into the [[New Testament]].
The other major translation of the [[Old Testament]] is the Masoretic Hebrew Text (known as the "MT"), which was written in about the 8th to 10th century A.D.
The Protestants rely primarily on the Masoretic Hebrew Texts, while the Greek Orthodox Church relies primarily on the untranslated Septuagint. The Roman Catholic Church relies primarily on the Latin [[Vulgate]], which is a translation of the Septuagint into Latin by [[Jerome]] around A.D. 400.
The major translations of the [[Bible]] into [[English]] are:
The major translations of the [[Bible]] into [[English]] are: