Septuagint
translation of the Hebrew Bible and other books into the Greek language
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Summary
Septuagint is a version, edition or translation[1]. Septuagint ranks in the top 0.31% of version edition or translation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,159 views/month, #1 of 326).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: written work[3], Heptacontad[4], group of humans[5]
- Named after: 70[6]
- Part of: biblical literature[7]
- Commons category: Septuagint[8]
- Language of work or name: Jewish Koine Greek[9], Greek[10]
- Edition or translation of: Tanakh[11], Jewish apocryphon[12], Bible[13], Old Testament[14]
- Has edition or translation: Alfred Rahlfs' edition of the Septuagint[15], Roman Septuagint[16], The Septuagint version of the Old Testament (Brenton, 1844)[17], La Bible d'Alexandrie[18], Larger Cambridge Septuagint[19], New English Translation of the Septuagint[20], Kaige revision[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Septuagint[22]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[26], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27], Pauly–Wissowa[28]
- Title: Ἡ μετάφρασις τῶν Ἑβδομήκοντα[29]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/tags/septuagint[30], https://christianity.stackexchange.com/tags/septuagint[31]
- Short name: LXX[32], 𝕾[33], Οʹ[34]
- Name in kana: しちじゅうにんやくせいしょ[35]
- Different from: Septuaginta[36]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[37]
Why It Matters
Septuagint has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Septuagint is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]
Septuagint has been cited as an influence by King James Version[40], a Bible translation into English[41].
FAQs
Who did Septuagint influence?
Septuagint has been cited as an influence by King James Version[40].