The Septuagint Version (1 of 3 notes)

Part Two
Bibliology: 13 THE CANON OF SCRIPTURE
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker

This first translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek was supposedly ordered by Ptolemy Philadelphus in Alexandria somewhere around 285 B.C., although some believe that the work may have begun earlier during the reign of Ptolemy Soter. In the Introduction to Bagster’s edition of the Septuagint it is stated: “The fact, however, may be regarded as certain, that prior to the year 285 B.C. the Septuagint version had been commenced, and that in the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus, either the books in general or at least an important part of them had been completed.” ¹

1             The Septuagint Version (London: S. Bagster and Sons Limited, N.D.), p. ii.

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