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
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 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 Septuagint has rendered "Asherah" by "Astarte," in 2 Chron. xv.
From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other by Inman, Thomas
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
