According to tradition the Septuagint translation was created in Alexandria between 300 - 200 BC. It's true origin is questionable and is a subject of debate.
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Jewish scholars in Alexandria translated the Hebrew Bible into Greek, a version known as the Septuagint.
356-323 BC, called the Septuagint.
The document is referred to as the Septuagint.
THe first part of the Hebrew scriptures was first translated into Greek by 72 Jewish scholars approx 250 BCE. But later it was simply referred to as the Septuagint (meaning 70). The remaining portion was finished approx 150 BCE.
See the related links below. The New Testament was written originally in Greek, with translation at times from Aramaic speech. The Old Testament,originally written in Hebrew, was translated into The Greek Septuagint by Hellenistic Jews, from 275 to 100 BC at Alexandria, Egypt. But it wasn't translated from what is considered the most excellent source, The Masoretic Hebrew Text.