This letter which is dressed by Aristeas to his brother Philocrates, gives a glowing account of the origin of the Septuagint of the embassy and presents sent by King Ptolemy to the high priest at Jerusalem, by the advice of Demetrius Phalereus, his librarian, 30 talents of gold and 70 talents of silver, etc. The commonly-received story respecting its origin is contained in an extant letter ascribed to Aristeas, who was an officer at the court of Ptolemy Philadelphus. But the numbers and names of the translators, and the times at which different portions were translated are all uncertain. ![]() They would naturally follow the same practice as the Jews in Palestine and hence would arise in time an entire Greek version. They had settled in Alexandria in large numbers soon after the time of Alexander, and under the early Ptolemies. The Jews of Alexandria had probably still less knowledge of Hebrew than their brethren in Palestine their familiar language was Alexandrian Greek. Fac-simile Edition of the Codex Alexandrinus, by H. ![]() The Roman Edition, edited under Pope Sixtus V., A.D.The Septuagint or Greek version of the Old Testament appears at the present day in four principal editions:. Bible Dictionaries - Smith's Bible Dictionary - Septuagint Septuagint
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