Wikipedia: History of Septuagint

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The Septuagint was a Greek translation of the Tanakh (Old Testament) undertaken by 70 Jewish scholars in the 4th century B.C.

The Septuagint is a Greek translation of the Tanakh (Old Testament) undertaken by 70 Jewish scholars in the 4th century B.C. in Alexandria.

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The Septuagint translation was used by the Greek-speaking portion of the Christian Church in the first few centuries of the Church The Eastern Orthodox Church still prefers to use the Septuagint for translating the Old Testament into other languages.

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