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Septuagint

What Does “Thou Shalt Not Covet” Mean? And How Can the Torah Prohibit Wanting Something?

The tenth commandment.

Leonard Greenspoon
Feb. 2 2018 12:01AM

For the Talmud, the Translation of the Bible into Greek Was a National Tragedy. Azariah de Rossi Disagreed

The eighth, and the tenth, of Tevet.

Elli Fischer
Dec. 28 2017 12:01AM

Looking for the Roots of Contemporary Anti-Semitism in Christian Interpretations of the Book of Esther

From Church fathers to Palestinian propagandists.

Rivkah Fishman-Duker
Dec. 14 2016 12:01AM

The Origins of the Samaritan Pentateuch

Why is it different from the Jewish Bible?

Terry Giles
May 24 2016 12:01AM

Biblical Names, Lost in Translation

What we call ourselves matters.

Aviya Kushner
Dec. 9 2015 12:01AM

What Did Ancient Jewish Priests Look Like?

Although the Bible contains extensive descriptions of the ritual garments worn by Temple priests, artistic renderings are virtually nonexistent. But the Septuagint, a Greek translation. . .

Joan E. Taylor
Dec. 16 2014 12:01AM