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him to send q COPY of the sacred books,
with a body of men capable or translate
Ing them. Thcreupon. six trnnslaters were
selected from each of the Il tribes and
dispatched to Alexandria bearing with
them a copy of the law, written In letters
of gold. They were splendidly received by
the King, and, after n banquet and pup
lie display Of their wisdom. they set about
their task of translation, working separ-
ately in the first instance, but afterwaro
comparing their results, and finally pro-
ducing the version which was thenccforth
known as the Scptuagint. or version of the
seventy.
At the beginning of the third century
there were three Greek versions of the Old
Testament in existence besides the sep
tuagint Itself. The next step, and one OF
much Importance in the history of the
Greek text. was taken by the great Alex
andrian scholar. Origen. whose life occu-
pies the first half of the third century "a.
d. 1929 Finding all these various, and
often conflicting. versions of the scriptures
existing side by side, he determined to draw
them together, and try to use them for the
production of one moro perfect version
than them all. Accordingly, with that stu
rondous energy which earned for him the
admiration of his cont emporaries and OF
posteritv, he set about the colossal work
to which was given the name of tho Hex
apla or six fold" version of the Old Testa-
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