Home Timeline Geography Search Sources Links Info+Contact 680913 visitors since may 8, 2005 NAVIGATE Overall Index Biblical tradition Sources of the Bible Septuaginta Septuaginta circa 300 BCE First collection of Old Testament scriptures into one edited work. The Septuaginta is the earliest Old Testament text, a Greek translation of Bereshit/Genesis, written by legendary seventy Jewish scholars of Alexandria for king Ptolemy Philadelphus see also Alexandrinus Copy write a comment or suggest a text, search on Google this entry was last changed May 26, 2008 SWJ 2026, no rights reserved