Editing Septuagint (section)

==== Manuscripts ====
{{Main|Septuagint manuscripts}}
The oldest manuscripts of the Septuagint include 2nd-century BC fragments of Leviticus and Deuteronomy (Rahlfs nos. 801, 819, and 957) and 1st-century BC fragments of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, and the [[Twelve Minor Prophets]] ([[Alfred Rahlfs]] nos. 802, 803, 805, 848, 942, and 943). Relatively-complete manuscripts of the Septuagint postdate the Hexaplar recension, and include the 4th-century AD [[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209|Codex Vaticanus]] and the 5th-century [[Codex Alexandrinus]]. These are the oldest-surviving nearly-complete manuscripts of the Old Testament in any language; the oldest extant complete Hebrew texts date to about 600 years later, from the first half of the 10th century.<ref name=Würthwein1995 /> The 4th-century [[Codex Sinaiticus]] also partially survives, with many Old Testament texts.<ref name=Würthwein1995 />{{rp|73}}{{rp|198}} The Jewish (and, later, Christian) revisions and recensions are largely responsible for the divergence of the codices.<ref name=Dines2004 /> The [[Codex Marchalianus]] is another notable manuscript.