Editing Septuagint (section)

== Etymology ==
The term "Septuagint" is derived from the Latin phrase {{lang|la|Vetus Testamentum ex versione Septuaginta Interpretum}} ("The Old Testament from the version of the Seventy Translators").<ref name=OUP1875>{{cite book |title=Vetus Testamentum ex versione Septuaginta Interpretum |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1875 |url=https://archive.org/details/vetustestamentum01oxon/page/n5/mode/2up |edition=2nd |volume=1 |language=el}}</ref> This phrase in turn was derived from the {{langx|grc-x-koine|Ἡ μετάφρασις τῶν Ἑβδομήκοντα|hē metáphrasis tôn hebdomḗkonta|The Translation of the Seventy|links=no}}.<ref name=Jobes2001 /> It was not until the time of [[Augustine of Hippo]] (354–430&nbsp;AD) that the Greek translation of the Jewish scriptures was called by the Latin term {{lang|la|Septuaginta}}.<ref name=Sundberg>Sundberg, in McDonald & Sanders, eds., ''The Canon Debate'', p.72.</ref> The Roman numeral LXX (seventy) is commonly used as an abbreviation,<ref name=goarch /> in addition to <math> \mathfrak{G} </math> or ''G''.<ref name=BHS>''[[Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia]]'', for instance.</ref>