Greek Writings

E19390

biblical text corpus portion of the Septuagint

Greek Writings is the portion of the Septuagint that contains the books originally composed in Greek rather than translated from Hebrew or Aramaic.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Greek Prophets	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical text corpus ⓘ portion of the Septuagint ⓘ
approximateDateRange	circa 3rd century BCE to 1st century CE GENERATED ⓘ
associatedWith	Alexandrian Jewish community GENERATED ⓘ
citationLanguage	Greek GENERATED ⓘ
composedIn	Greek ⓘ
contains	2 Maccabees GENERATED ⓘ Additions to Daniel (Greek compositions such as the Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Youths) GENERATED ⓘ Additions to Esther (Greek expansions not based on a known Hebrew original) GENERATED ⓘ Letter of Jeremiah (in traditions where considered a Greek composition) GENERATED ⓘ Prayer of Manasseh (in traditions where included in the Septuagint corpus) GENERATED ⓘ Wisdom of Solomon GENERATED ⓘ
definition	portion of the Septuagint containing books originally composed in Greek rather than translated from Hebrew or Aramaic GENERATED ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Aramaic Bible translations in the Septuagint GENERATED ⓘ Hebrew Bible translations in the Septuagint GENERATED ⓘ
hasFeature	includes material not present in the Masoretic Text GENERATED ⓘ original composition in Greek rather than translation from a Semitic language GENERATED ⓘ reflects Hellenistic Jewish thought GENERATED ⓘ
influenced	early Christian theology GENERATED ⓘ patristic exegesis GENERATED ⓘ
language	Greek GENERATED ⓘ Koine Greek GENERATED ⓘ
literaryGenre	epistle GENERATED ⓘ historical narrative GENERATED ⓘ prayer GENERATED ⓘ wisdom literature GENERATED ⓘ
partOf	Septuagint GENERATED ⓘ
relatedTo	Apocrypha GENERATED ⓘ Deuterocanonical books GENERATED ⓘ Septuagint canon GENERATED ⓘ
religiousContext	Christianity GENERATED ⓘ Judaism GENERATED ⓘ
script	Greek alphabet GENERATED ⓘ
scripturalStatus	anagignoskomena in Eastern Orthodoxy GENERATED ⓘ apocryphal in most Protestant traditions GENERATED ⓘ deuterocanonical in Roman Catholicism GENERATED ⓘ
timePeriod	Hellenistic period GENERATED ⓘ
tradition	Hellenistic Judaism GENERATED ⓘ
usedBy	Greek-speaking Jews of the Hellenistic period GENERATED ⓘ early Greek-speaking Christians GENERATED ⓘ
usedIn	Eastern Orthodox biblical tradition GENERATED ⓘ Oriental Orthodox biblical tradition GENERATED ⓘ Roman Catholic biblical tradition (as part of the deuterocanonical corpus) GENERATED ⓘ some Anglican and Protestant traditions (as part of the Apocrypha) GENERATED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Septuagint → hasPart → Greek Writings ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Prophets

Septuagint → hasPart → Greek Writings ⓘ