The 2nd c. BCE translation of the Torah into Greek, done by and for the Alexandrian community of Jews, expanded to include the entire Tanakh. Although generally a relatively loyal literal translation of the text, there are six significant additions to the Greek version of the text - not only is the content of these additions surprising, but where they show up a thousand years later is even more surprising...
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