Is the Septuagint reliable since it was used by the Jews or did Christians mess it up?

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Olive Garden · Accepted Answer

The Septuagint is the original source of Christian Old testament... .. Together with 27 NT books, as contained in the Latin Vulgate, it is the canonized and authorized version of our Holy Scriptures.

BMCR · Answer

Neither.

The Septuagint is merely a translation and therefore is subject to the same "lost in translation" issues that all translations have.
Thus, there is no reason why one should view it as somehow "special" in comparison to any other translation.

Anonymous · Answer

IT WAS DONE HUNDREDS OF YRS BEFORE THE BIBLE...SO BLAMING CHRISTIANS WONT WORK...

Climate Realist · Answer

I am not an expert on either Greek or Hebrew.. The Septuagint is a translation. Whether or not it is a good translation is up to scholars to determine.

But, the original language texts are always more reliable than translations, especially as a source material for translations into other languages.

yesmar · Answer

Yes, it's reliable.  Nobody "messed it up".

Crim Liar · Answer

It's a Greek translation of the Torah, it's not something that the Jewish people would have used!  As for reliable, you can write a fairy story in any language, it's still a fairy story!

Is the Septuagint reliable since it was used by the Jews or did Christians mess it up?

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