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
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
Older than the Masoretic Bible is the Septuagint, a pre-Christian Greek translation which has been thought to be less authoritative than the Masoretic because of the difficulties of translating Hebrew terms into Greek.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Greek translation of the book which is now found in the Septuagint was probably made by Aquila.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
