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
The Bible approved by Cushing contains a translation of the Apocrypha�the 15 Old Testament books found in the Greek Septuagint but not in the Hebrew Bible, twelve of them accepted by Catholics as canonical.
From Time Magazine Archive
"The Blank-Paged Bible," "The Biblia Ecclesi� Polyglotta," "The Large-Print Critical Greek Testament and Septuagint" may also be suggested as suitable gifts.
