This is really a matter of semantics. Literally, the "Septuagint" or "seventy" refers to the translation of the Torah (only!), as told in the Latter of Aristeas and in later versions of the story. In time, the term came to mean the entire Greek translation of the Jewish Bible, which apparently happened over a long time. Fred is correct that the oldest complete mss. also include the NT, but the ancient, pre-Christian Septuagint obviously did not.
Yigal Levin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of fred burlingame Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 1:34 AM To: Will Parsons Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] cognate alphabet Really? I was unaware that the septuagint was created at one time or even in one century. I also understand that general agreement as to the canon of the septuagint has never arrived. And surely, the oldest complete manuscripts of the septuagint include both old & new testaments as but a single document; witness codices vaticanus, sinaiticus and alexandrinus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint#Creation_of_the_Septuagint regards, fred burlingame On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Will Parsons <[email protected]>wrote: > On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:36:09 -0600, fred burlingame <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > c. the Western Christian community generally accepts the MT version of > the > > phrase for their old testament; and the septuagint rendering for their > new > > testament; and > > Correction on point of fact: there is no such thing as a "Septuagint New > Testament". The LXX is a translation from Hebrew into Greek; the NT is > not. > > -- > William Parsons > _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
