Septuagint

The Septuagint (from the Latin: septuāgintā literally “seventy”; often abbreviated as 70 in Roman numerals, i.e., LXX; sometimes called the Greek Old Testament) is the earliest extant Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures. It is estimated that the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, known as the Torah or Pentateuch, were translated in the mid-3rd century BCE and the remaining texts were translated in the 2nd century BCE. The Septuagint was the Greek translation of the Hebrew Torah, Prophets and Writings (TaNaKh) and was in wide use by the time of the story of Jesus and Paul simply because most Jews could no longer read Hebrew. For this reason it is quoted more often than the Hebrew text in the New Testament, particularly in the Pauline epistles, by the Apostolic Fathers and later by the Greek Church Fathers.

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Propitiation: This Unbiblical Word May Be in Your Bible
At first glance, these various translations may impress themselves on our mind as meaning more-or-less the same thing, however, when we dig in to study, we will find that they actually have very different, even opposing meanings. I encourage you to study with me and on your own, to see how the word choice of different translation committees (responsible for what ends up in various versions of the Bible) reflects on the character – or lack of character as we will see – of my Father and yours. Most importantly, I want to convey that how we perceive God on this topic can very much affect – either positively or negatively – our intimacy with Him.