Michael Barber writes, "Up until recently it was assumed that “apocryphal” additions found in the books of the LXX represented later augmentations in the Greek to the Hebrew texts.
Michael Barber menuliskan, "Sampai saat ini diasumsikan bahwa penambahan-penambahan "apokrif" yang ditemukan dalam kitab-kitab LXX merepresentasikan perluasan yang dilakukan belakangan dalam teks-teks Yunani atas teks-teks Ibrani.