Question about Greek Septuagint Bible?

Question

I understand that the Greek Septuagint Bible was in use during the time of Jesus and the apostles, and that it contained books that are not part of the accepted Hebrew canon and Protestant Bibles today. Does anyone know if these books were used by the apostles and early Christians? Also, how many there were and their names?

Answer 1

Yes, you are correct that the Septuagint (LXX)was in use during the time of Jesus and apostles, and there are a number of places where there are quotations from the LXX in the New Testament. Jesus quotes Isaiah 29: 3 from the LXX. Keep in mind, though, that the Hebrew scriptures as well as the Aramaic Targums were also used in conjunction with the LXX.

Regarding content, from Wikipedia:
All the books of western canons of the Old Testament are found in the Septuagint, although the order does not always coincide with the modern ordering of the books. The order of books in the Septuagint may be indicative of a consensus on the order of books before the 1st century AD.

Some books are differently named. For example the Books of Samuel and the Books of Kings are in the LXX one book in four parts called Βασιλειῶν (Kingdoms); the Books of Chronicles supplement this book and are called Paraleipomenon (Παραλειπομένων—things left out). The Septuagint organizes the minor prophets as twelve parts of one Book of Twelve.

Some scripture of ancient origin are found in the Septuagint but are not present in the Hebrew. These include additions to Daniel and Esther. For more information regarding these books, see the articles Biblical apocrypha, Biblical canon, Books of the Bible, and Deuterocanonical books.

The New Testament makes a number of allusions to and perhaps quotations of the additional books (as Orthodox Christians aver) and are part of surviving codices. The books are Tobias, Judith, Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom of Jesus Seirach, Baruch, Epistle of Jeremy (sometimes considered part of Baruch), additions to Daniel (The Prayer of Azarias, the Song of the Three Children, Sosanna and Bel and the Dragon), additions to Esther, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, 3 Maccabees, 4 Maccabees, 1 Esdras, Odes, including the Prayer of Manasses, and Psalm 151. The canonical acceptance of these books varies among different Christian faiths, and there are canonical books not derived from the Septuagint; for a discussion see the article on Biblical apocrypha.

Answer 2

the Septuagent is a translation of the Hebrew and Aramaic texts, and some others as I understand it... it is Not the text used by the Apostles... but it is a collecion of the works of the Scribes who wrote in the time of Christ. I do not know exactly when it was compiled though.

There are none of the original texts written by the original scribes, as they were directed by God, existing today. They were all lost well overe 1500 yrs ago.. All that is available to us to day are copies of copies of translations of fragments of text that was copied from other text.... and man has been mucking all of it up for centuries...There is no inerrant text of the Bible exostng today.

Answer 3

Both Jesus and the apostle's quote from them.

You can find them at:

http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/

The only exception is the Prayer of Manassah because it was not in all versions of the Septuagint and the 151st psalm for the same reason.

Answer 4

You have been badly misinformed. There were NO bibles during the time that Jesus was supposed to have lived - the earliest writings about him were done 80 years after his death. Prior to that point there were only the Torah and the writings known today as the Old Testament.

Answer 5

an "angelos" is a messenger. that's no longer the fault of the Greek language or the Septuagint that westernised "contemporary" day interpretations began to image "angels" as floaty females donning haloes and donning harps. interior the hot testomony that's carefully refuted that the Son of God develop into in basic terms an angel. He develop into begotten no longer created, and develop into pre-existent. He embodies the completed Godhead. in any different case he ought to no longer have been a suited and suited sacrifice for mankind.