1. Septuagint. The oldest Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament is known as the Septuagint, and was made between 300 and 130 B.C. It derives its name from the seventy or seventy two ...
The name "Elohim" is a Hebrew word used in the Bible to refer to God. It is one of the most commonly used names for God in the Old Testament. The exact meaning of the name "Elohim" is a topic of ...
but the Old Testament — save for a handful of books — was first written in Hebrew. Rico described the Vetus Latina as a “good translation, but not perfect.” In 382, St. Damasus I tasked ...
Today, we examine the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament’s warning about sin and, next week, the New Testament. Since sin is an unpopular and uncomfortable subject, church sermons tend to shy away from ...
This one verse in the Qur’an compares to 283 direct quotations from the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) in the New Testament. In over ninety instances, the Greek Septuagint is literally quoted and in ...