<P> The title ( Greek : Ἡ μετάφρασις τῶν Ἑβδομήκοντα , lit . `` The Translation of the Seventy '' ) and its Roman numeral LXX refer to the legendary seventy Jewish scholars who solely 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 title ( Greek : Ἡ μετάφρασις τῶν Ἑβδομήκοντα , lit . `` The Translation of the Seventy '' ) and its Roman numeral LXX refer to the legendary seventy Jewish scholars who solely 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 written in greek
when was the old testament written in greek
3rd century BCE
3rd century BCE