The Enduring LXX

The oldest translation of the Hebrew Scriptures is called the Septuagint, usually identified as the LXX, Roman numerals that stand for 70. In the 3rd century BC when the Greek Empire ruled the known world, 72 Jewish scholars (probably six from each tribe) translated the Hebrew Scriptures into Koine Greek, the common language of the day. Because Jewish people found themselves in a Hellenistic