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I've been doing some study of biblical history and I have a question

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jdl4ever:
No, it is not accurate since it is merely a translation based on the account in the Talmud that states that Ptolmy the king (third century BCE) forced the 70 Jewish elders of the Sanhedrin to translate the Bible into Greek.  The Talmud lists identical changes that the all Rabbis purposely made so that Ptolemy wouldn't mock them.  These manuscripts are merely a copy of an unknown version of these translations and most likely a copy of a copy that was copied over many times and has many mistakes at best.  The only original account of the Bible is the Hebrew version we have today since Jewish Law makes the Scribe copy the Bible word for word from an already verified written Torah, and it is checked very closely to be accurate and it is not valid if one letter is different.

ftf:
My sources tell me that it is from the third century BC not AD. Of course they could be completely wrong.

jdl4ever:

--- Quote from: ftf on July 17, 2007, 08:22:27 PM ---My sources tell me that it is from the third century B.C.E. not AD. Of course they could be completely wrong.

--- End quote ---

You are correct.  I made a type error and wrote CE instead of BCE like I thought I wrote.  The Sanhedrin translated the Bible into Greek for Ptolomy in about the third century BCE.

ftf:
Thanks for the info jdl4ever, if you know where I could see a list of the intentional errors I would be very grateful, but don't put yourself out.

judeanoncapta:
The Septuagint is not very reliable.

It actually messes up how many Israelites went down to Eqypt with Jacob.

It says once 70 and once 75.

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