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Revision as of 03:49, 12 March 2024
Septuagint [related: King James Version of the Bible, Ptomely II
Philadelphia]
The premiere extant translation of biblical passages and accompanying texts
(including various
apocrypha
) into Greek around
the year 300 BCE, forming a
CODEX
including by
not limited to what is now known as the Old Testament. As detailed in a pseudo
biographical letter from Aristeas to his brother Philocrates
2
, the
Septuagint originated in a request by Ptomely II
Philadelphia
1
for seventy-two Jewish
scholars translate the Jewish Torah from Hebrew for the Library of Alexandria,
a process also outlined in detail by
[[error|Augustine of Hippo]. The Septuagint was
effectively (and problematically) rendered obsolete by the development of the
King James Version
2
of the bible published in 1611, despite
confirmed reports that King James directed translators (who were only
moderately familiar with Koine Greek) to orient the text around full support
of a Bishop-led hierarchy, removing numerous mentions of meditation,
mindfulness, and non-dualism. The KJV, as it is commonly known, also
frequently and aggressively delineates a binary between miracle and magick,
thus leading to the widespread and ongoing persecution of Paganism in all its
various forms, including, by extension, the Salem Witch Hunt.
1 Egyptian King of Greek heritage.
2 Although the exact translators of the KJV remain unknown, it is now widely speculated that William Shakespeare was, at minimum, a participant, as evidence by "Psalm 46" - the inexplicable aggregate appearance of Shakespeare's name via the combination of every 46th word of the 46th Psalm. In support: KJV of the bible was completed and prepped for publication in 1610, the year Shakespeare turned 46.