Studying the the Derivation of The Bible of its Birth , I will aid you on where to look for your Acumen clarity......Lets clear the Academic, so that there is nothing Blurred Your Study... *The SEPTUAGINT, the FIRST European Bible derived from the Latin word for “seventy,” Septuagint, it ideally refers to the mid 200 B.C. translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek in Alexandria, Egypt, through the role of Ptolemy *The earliest, and best known source for the story of the Septuagint, is the Letter of Aristeas , What is that?? That is a lengthy document that recalls how the Ptolemy’s – the Greek family that Alexander the Great set up to rule Egypt for him – specifically Philadelphus II (285–247 B.C.), who desiring to augment his library through their tyranny in Egypt, commissioned a translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek. *The seventy-two (altered in a few later versions to seventy or seventy-five) translators arrived in Egypt to the Ptolemy’s hospitality, and translated the Pentateuch: the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, believed to have been written by Moses, which proved to almost unanimous anthropologist to be false because Moses has absolutely no record of existing anywhere *Study the The Masoretic text (MT) **For the New Testament The New Testament is an anthology, a collection of works written at different times by various authors. In almost all Christian traditions today, the New Testament consists of 27 books. The original texts are written beginning around A.D. 50 in Koine Greek, the lingua franca of the eastern part of the Roman Empire where they were composed. *You must Study Koine Greek, the lingua franca of the eastern part of the Roman Empire where they were composed. *You must STUDY The earliest known list of the current New Testament canons dates from 367 A.D, in a work by St. Athanasius, which was presented by an church council of 382 A.D( Nicaea), gave final approval to the list. This is a great start....Great evening
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