Between the Testaments: "The Septuagint" and the Question of "Scripture" - July 7, 2024

In a four-week summer series, Adult Education at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis is exploring what happens between the Older Testament and the Newer Testament. This is part three and it focuses on The Septuagint and the Question of Scripture.
A few centuries prior to Jesus, Jewish scriptures were translated from Hebrew to Greek, because most Jews were living in Greek-speaking areas. When the Newer Testament books refer to material from the Older Testament, usually they refer to a Greek version of that material, called the "Septuagint.” What were the implications of these translations and the cultural changes that prompted them? How did exposure to Greek ideas influence how people read scripture?

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There is no citation or scripture of the Hebrew bible before the 3rd Century BCE. Even when the Jews went to Babylon all the time they were in the diaspora they did not once mention Moses or Abraham or any books of the bible for that matter, strange isn't it? The Septuagint is a native Greek text. Hebrew didn't have a functional vocabulary at the time. The bible does not have enough dialectal variance to be 1000's of years old it was written by one group people.

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Discredited theories.

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@@marbanak Has not been discredited. And by who? Where is the text?

[@marbanak]

@@redflag4255 First, I confess it is hard to debate against the snark you offer. Your post up gives evidence that you play by different rules than me, and so, I must limit my engagement with you. Example: You pretend to be both knowledgeable and ignorant of linguistics. I can't lick that. But, I will offer you this as a start: Your 3rd century limit on the Hebrew Language may be handily overcome by looking up the The 7th century Silver Ketef Hinnom Scrolls, and the countless bullae (1st Temple period) uncovered in the City of David. Cheers!

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@@marbanak See that was easy without your first two sentences of dribble.

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@@marbanak Thanks for the info.