Septuagint
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The Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures that became the primary Old Testament text for early Christians and Greek-speaking Jews.
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Target entity: Septuagint Context triple: [Bible, hasTranslation, Septuagint]
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Koine Greek
Koine Greek is the common dialect of ancient Greek that served as the primary language of the New Testament and early Christian writings.
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Bible
The Bible is the central sacred scripture of Christianity, comprising the Old and New Testaments and serving as the foundational text for Christian belief and practice.
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Nicene Creed
The Nicene Creed is an ancient Christian statement of faith, formulated at the Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople, that defines core doctrines about the Trinity and the nature of Christ and is widely used in liturgical worship across many denominations.
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Veritas
Veritas is the Latin word for "truth" and is famously used as the motto of Harvard University.
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Mens et Manus
Mens et Manus is the Latin motto of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, expressing the union of mind and hand in the pursuit of knowledge and practical application.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Septuagint Target entity description: The Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures that became the primary Old Testament text for early Christians and Greek-speaking Jews.
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Hebrews
Hebrews are an ancient Semitic people traditionally identified as the ancestors of the Israelites and Jews, prominently featured in the Hebrew Bible.
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Koine Greek
Koine Greek is the common dialect of ancient Greek that served as the primary language of the New Testament and early Christian writings.
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Bible
The Bible is the central sacred scripture of Christianity, comprising the Old and New Testaments and serving as the foundational text for Christian belief and practice.
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Talmud
The Talmud is a central Jewish religious text comprising rabbinic discussions, legal rulings, and interpretations of the Hebrew Bible that form the foundation of traditional Jewish law and theology.
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Nicene Creed
The Nicene Creed is an ancient Christian statement of faith, formulated at the Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople, that defines core doctrines about the Trinity and the nature of Christ and is widely used in liturgical worship across many denominations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (71)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
ancient Bible translation ⓘ textual tradition ⓘ |
| associatedNumber |
70
ⓘ
72 ⓘ |
| basisFor |
Armenian Bible
ⓘ
Coptic Bible translations ⓘ Georgian Bible ⓘ Old Latin translations ⓘ |
| dateOfOrigin |
2nd century BCE
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3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Septuagint studies
ⓘ
textual criticism ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Septuagint
ⓘ
surface form:
Greek Old Testament
Septuagint ⓘ
surface form:
LXX
|
| hasCanonicalStatus | Old Testament canon in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ |
| hasGenre | religious text ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Koine Greek ⓘ |
| hasOriginalLanguage |
Aramaic
ⓘ
surface form:
Biblical Aramaic
Biblical Hebrew ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Torah
ⓘ
surface form:
Greek Pentateuch
Greek Writings ⓘ
surface form:
Greek Prophets
Torah ⓘ
surface form:
Greek Torah
Greek Writings ⓘ |
| hasScript | Greek alphabet ⓘ |
| hasSignificanceIn |
Christian theology
ⓘ
Jewish studies ⓘ biblical studies ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Scriptures
|
| includesBook |
Book of Deuteronomy
ⓘ
surface form:
Deuteronomy
Book of Exodus ⓘ
surface form:
Exodus
Book of Ezekiel ⓘ
surface form:
Ezekiel
Book of Genesis ⓘ
surface form:
Genesis
Isaiah ⓘ Book of Jeremiah ⓘ
surface form:
Jeremiah
Book of Job ⓘ
surface form:
Job
Torah ⓘ
surface form:
Leviticus
Numbers ⓘ Wisdom Literature ⓘ
surface form:
Proverbs
Psalms ⓘ The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ |
| includesDeuterocanonicalBook |
1 Maccabees
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2 Maccabees ⓘ Additions to Daniel ⓘ Additions to Esther ⓘ Baruch ⓘ Judith ⓘ Book of Sirach ⓘ
surface form:
Sirach
Tobit ⓘ Book of Wisdom ⓘ
surface form:
Wisdom of Solomon
|
| influenced | New Testament authors ⓘ |
| namedAfter | seventy translators ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Alexandria
ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemaic Egypt
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| preservedIn |
Codex Alexandrinus
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Codex Sinaiticus ⓘ Codex Vaticanus ⓘ |
| primaryOldTestamentFor |
Greek-speaking Christians
ⓘ
early Church ⓘ |
| quotedIn | New Testament ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Dead Sea Scrolls
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Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia ⓘ
surface form:
Masoretic Text
|
| textType |
New Testament manuscripts
ⓘ
surface form:
Alexandrian text-type
|
| translatedFrom |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Tanakh ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Eastern Catholic Churches
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Greek-speaking Jews ⓘ Hellenistic Jews ⓘ Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
early Christians ⓘ |
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