Septuagint
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The Greek Septuagint version suggested that 2,242 years elapsed between the dawn of time and the biblical flood.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2012
It contains the first printing of the Septuagint, or Old Testament Scriptures in Greek.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2010
Now, for the first time since the Septuagint, there is a generally, recognized Jewish committee translation from Hebrew into the contemporary usage of another language: English.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Biblical manuscripts from Cave 4, yielding some texts far earlier than either, have considerably raised the prestige of the Septuagint.
From Time Magazine Archive
To meet this need the Septuagint version arose in Al-ex-an´dri-a, beginning about B. C. 285.
From Outline Studies in the Old Testament for Bible Teachers by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
