Seventy

See also: seventy

English

Proper noun

Seventy

The translators of the Septuagint
- 1823, Herbert Marsh, Introduction to the New Testament, volume 1, 4 edition, page 224:
  The Seventy have totally miſrepreſented Iſaiah viii.14, 15 […] .
- 1988, Elias J. Bickerman, The Jews in the Greek Age, →ISBN, page 114:
  It was impossible to avoid pagan terminology altogether, however, and the Seventy relaxed their vigilance when dealing with poetry.
- 1989, William McKane, Selected Christian Hebraists, →ISBN, page 127:
  Jerome could accommodate himself to the ecclesiastical consensus, but he expresses clearly and trenchantly his critical opinion that the Seventy were not inspired […] .

Translations

translators of the Septuagint

French: Septante (fr)

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