The Septuagint: The Greek Translation of Scripture (c. 250 BCE)

250 BCE · İskenderiye · cultural

Tradition holds that 72 (or 70) Jewish scholars translated the Hebrew Torah into Greek in 72 days (the Letter of Aristeas).

The Septuagint (LXX) became the fundamental scripture of the Jewish Diaspora and of early Christianity. | The foundational textual link among the three great monotheistic religions.

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What was The Septuagint: The Greek Translation of Scripture (c. 250 BCE)?
Tradition holds that 72 (or 70) Jewish scholars translated the Hebrew Torah into Greek in 72 days (the Letter of Aristeas).
When did The Septuagint: The Greek Translation of Scripture (c. 250 BCE) happen?
250 BCE
Where did The Septuagint: The Greek Translation of Scripture (c. 250 BCE) take place?
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