Seventy

See also: seventy

English

Proper noun

Seventy

1. The translators of the Septuagint
   • 1823, Herbert Marsh, Introduction to the New Testament, 4th edition, volume 1, page 224:

     The Seventy have totally miſrepreſented Iſaiah viii.14, 15 […] .

   • 1988, Elias J. Bickerman, The Jews in the Greek Age, →ISBN, page 114:

     It was impossible to avoid pagan terminology altogether, however, and the Seventy relaxed their vigilance when dealing with poetry.

   • 1989, William McKane, Selected Christian Hebraists, →ISBN, page 127:

     Jerome could accommodate himself to the ecclesiastical consensus, but he expresses clearly and trenchantly his critical opinion that the Seventy were not inspired […] .

Translations

translators of the Septuagint

• French: Septante (fr)