Author	Law, T. M. (Timothy Michael), 1979- author
Title	When God spoke Greek : the Septuagint and the making of the Christian Bible / Timothy Michael Law
Imprint	New York : Oxford University Press, 2013
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199781713.001.0001
Descript	1 online resource

Most readers do not know about the Bible used almost universally by early Christians, or about how that Bible was birthed, how it grew to prominence, and how it differs from the one used as the basis for most modern translations. Although it was one of the most important events in the history of our civilization, the translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek in the third century BCE is an event almost unknown outside of academia. This book makes this topic accessible to a wider audience. Retrospectively, we can hardly imagine the history of Christian thought, and the history of Christianity itself, without the Old Testament

1. Bible. Old Testment. Greek -- Versions -- Septuagint
2. Bible. New Testament -- Criticism
3. interpretation
4. etc
5. Bible. Old Testament. Greek -- History
6. Bible. Old Testament -- Influence -- Civilization
7. Western