septuagint interlinear greek bible online

But it is now generally admitted that the letter is spurious and is probably the fabrication of an Alexandrian Jew shortly before the Christian era. This is the story which probably gave to the version the title of the Septuagint, and which has been repeated in various forms by the Christian writers. the Jewish slaves whom he set free, paying their ransom himself the letter of the king: the answer of the high priest the choosing of six interpreters from each of the twelve tribes and their names the copy of the law, in letters of gold the feast prepared for the seventy two, which continued for seven days the questions proposed to each of the interpreters in turn, with the answers of each their lodging by the seashore and the accomplishment of their work in seventy. This letter which is dressed by Aristeas to his brother Philocrates, gives a glowing account of the origin of the Septuagint of the embassy and presents sent by King Ptolemy to the high priest at Jerusalem, by the advice of Demetrius Phalereus, his librarian, 30 talents of gold and 70 talents of silver, etc. The commonly-received story respecting its origin is contained in an extant letter ascribed to Aristeas, who was an officer at the court of Ptolemy Philadelphus. But the numbers and names of the translators, and the times at which different portions were translated are all uncertain. They would naturally follow the same practice as the Jews in Palestine and hence would arise in time an entire Greek version. They had settled in Alexandria in large numbers soon after the time of Alexander, and under the early Ptolemies. The Jews of Alexandria had probably still less knowledge of Hebrew than their brethren in Palestine their familiar language was Alexandrian Greek. Fac-simile Edition of the Codex Alexandrinus, by H.The Roman Edition, edited under Pope Sixtus V., A.D.The Septuagint or Greek version of the Old Testament appears at the present day in four principal editions:.

Septuagint interlinear greek bible online