<P> The earliest known translations into Latin consist of a number of piecework translations during the early Church period . Collectively , these versions are known as the Vetus Latina and closely follow the Greek Septuagint . The Septuagint was the usual source for these anonymous translators , and they reproduce its variations from the Hebrew Masoretic Text . They were never rendered independently from the Hebrew or Greek ; they vary widely in readability and quality , and contain many solecisms in idiom , some by the translators themselves , others from literally translating Greek language idioms into Latin . </P>
<P> The earliest known translations into Latin consist of a number of piecework translations during the early Church period . Collectively , these versions are known as the Vetus Latina and closely follow the Greek Septuagint . The Septuagint was the usual source for these anonymous translators , and they reproduce its variations from the Hebrew Masoretic Text . They were never rendered independently from the Hebrew or Greek ; they vary widely in readability and quality , and contain many solecisms in idiom , some by the translators themselves , others from literally translating Greek language idioms into Latin . </P>
when was the bible first written in latin
when was the bible first written in latin
during the early Church period
during the early Church period