英语词汇septuagint的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Septuagint. Seventy-two men give their “name” to this word. Tradition has it that Ptolemy II, who reigned from 285 to 247 b.c., had the laws of the Jews translated into Greek by 72 schol- ars, six from each of the 12 Jewish tribes, in a period of 72 days on the island of Pharos. The translation became the earliest Greek version of the Old Testament, later erroneously named the Septuagint from the Latin septuaginta, which means 70, not 72. Scholars believe that the translation was made in Alexan- dria at this time, but not at Ptolemy’s request, not by 72 Jewish scholars, and not in 72 days. Nevertheless, the fable about “the 70” is responsible for the word. The tradition, however, applies only to the Pentateuch; the other books of the Old Testament were translated later. Septuagint is often printed as the Roman numeral LXX.

词汇	septuagint
词源	Septuagint. Seventy-two men give their “name” to this word. Tradition has it that Ptolemy II, who reigned from 285 to 247 b.c., had the laws of the Jews translated into Greek by 72 schol- ars, six from each of the 12 Jewish tribes, in a period of 72 days on the island of Pharos. The translation became the earliest Greek version of the Old Testament, later erroneously named the Septuagint from the Latin septuaginta, which means 70, not 72. Scholars believe that the translation was made in Alexan- dria at this time, but not at Ptolemy’s request, not by 72 Jewish scholars, and not in 72 days. Nevertheless, the fable about “the 70” is responsible for the word. The tradition, however, applies only to the Pentateuch; the other books of the Old Testament were translated later. Septuagint is often printed as the Roman numeral LXX.
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