<P> The Greek title Ἡ μετάφρασις τῶν Ἑβδομήκοντα , lit . `` The Translation of the Seventy '' , and its abbreviation `` LXX '' , derive from the legend of seventy - two Jewish scholars ( 6 from each of the 12 tribes of Israel , who worked independently to translate the whole and ultimately produced identical versions ) in the court of Ptolemy II in seventy - two days ( see Aristeas , Letter of , below ) , who translated the Five Books of Moses into Koine Greek as early as the 3rd century BCE . Separated from the Hebrew canon of the Jewish Bible in Rabbinic Judaism , translations of the Torah into Koine Greek by early Jewish Rabbis have survived as rare fragments only . </P>
<P> The Greek title Ἡ μετάφρασις τῶν Ἑβδομήκοντα , lit . `` The Translation of the Seventy '' , and its abbreviation `` LXX '' , derive from the legend of seventy - two Jewish scholars ( 6 from each of the 12 tribes of Israel , who worked independently to translate the whole and ultimately produced identical versions ) in the court of Ptolemy II in seventy - two days ( see Aristeas , Letter of , below ) , who translated the Five Books of Moses into Koine Greek as early as the 3rd century BCE . Separated from the Hebrew canon of the Jewish Bible in Rabbinic Judaism , translations of the Torah into Koine Greek by early Jewish Rabbis have survived as rare fragments only . </P>
when was the old testament translated from hebrew to greek
when was the old testament translated from hebrew to greek
3rd century BCE
3rd century BCE