Did the Septuagint ever exist?

Question

Chick seems to think not...

jocko; I am neither ignorant nor uneducated. That's why I am asking.

Answer 1

The oldest copies of it are not very old in comparison to what is claimed. The Introduction of the interlinear I have is informative as to its early stages. It was not completed until much later than is commonly taught. It was originally only a few books of the Old Covenant writings. The whole seventy thing is a farce. It was NOT originally quoted in the New Covenant writings, this was done when these New Covenant writings were translated into Greek, for they were not originally in Greek. Even the Jerusalem Bible, a Jesuit publication, tells you so. The Greek Orthodox and Russian Orthodox do not use GREEK texts to translate their New Testaments, because of the cooruption of the Roman Catholic Children of Satan.

Answer 2

Yes, it was a Greek translation of the Hebrew Tanakh. It was done in Alexandria to be put into the Great Library at Alexandria.

Edit: I just checked out Chick's website about this (I knew they were nuts already). While I question a story about 70 different translators getting the exact same translation, it's pretty well-known that the Septuagint was in existence before Christ. As for translators using it for the New King James Version, etc., I don't know for sure, but I kind of doubt it. It seems more probable that if they did use it, it was for some kind of comparison or something. Chick's motives seem pretty well-established: anti-Catholic, anti-apocrypha.

Answer 3

Don't take your theology from a comic book. The Septuagint still exists and was the first Christian Bible. It is the same Bible that is quoted by Christ and the apostles.

In Christ
Fr. Joseph

Zarathus,

No, not exactly. In the time of Jesus and the apostles the Jews had been spread and this was called the "diaspora". These Jews were mostly Greek speaking Jews like St. Paul and others. It is believed that Jesus was among the Essenes along with St. John the Baptist, who also used the same Canon of Scriptures. So it was a translation of the OT into Greek that was used by the diaspora Jews spread around the world at that time and continued as the Canon of Christians.

Answer 4

Yes...in fact there were two.

The first was prepared by 70 Jewish scholars well versed in Greek and working independently and was a translation from Hebrew to Greek of the Torah...ie the first 5 books of the bible. When these 70 documents were compared and found to be identical, this Greek translation became the 'official' translation. Later, translations of the other books of the OT were prepared by Greek scholars who were allegedly well versed in Hebrew. These translation are less authoritative, but still serve as the basic standardized text for Christian translations.

Answer 5

I wonder why someone wouldn't think that it does exist? Jesus was supposed to have quoted from it, which gave us a reason to look into Psalm 8:2, since in the King James Version it utilizes the words ' ordained strength' when the Gospel According to Matthew 21:16, Jesus says something quite different:
Matthew 21:16
And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, "Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?"

It gave us a clue that Psalm 8 wasn't sitting quite right in that translation:
Psalm 8:2
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

To add to that, there is a Septuagint to see:

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/RelS369/Pics/LXX.jpg

I wonder what Jack Chick said?

Answer 6

If it doesn't I want my money back from Amazon!

'Chick' is hardly high scholarship. I'd rather learn about the Economic Trinity from 'Home & Away' than about the Septuagint from Chick Publ.

Answer 7

Chick is a bona fide nut job.
I know he sounds convincing to the ignorant and the uneducated, but he is full of crap.

Answer 8

isnt that like the greek version of the bible???