2007-02-11 16:59:07 · 4 answers · asked by gordios_thomas_icxc 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
72 Jewish scholars, I believe.
2007-02-11 17:06:57 · answer #1 · answered by Nowhere Man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This site has the text (and explains) the "Letter of Aristeas" that tells how the translation was made.
http://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/letteraristeas.html
(The first link at the top is the actual text.)
I seem to remember them all being priests, with the high priest Eliezar in charge. The Septuagint was the official version of the Sadduccees (and the priesthood), while the Masoretic Text was popular in the Jewish schools in Babylon. The Masoretic Text is clearly more accurate, and it's preservation had the benefit of Babylonian scribal traditions which were the oldest in the world.
2007-02-11 17:25:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ptolemy translated the book the God wrote.
2007-02-11 17:17:55 · answer #3 · answered by J. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are countless contradictions in bible.
Read Quran.
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2007-02-11 17:03:50 · answer #4 · answered by Punter 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋