LXX

Canonical differences

The Hebrew Bible has three parts: the Torah 'Law', the Nevi'im 'Prophets', and the Ketuvim 'Writings'. The LXX has four: law, history, poetry, and prophets. The books of the Biblical apocrypha were inserted at appropriate locations. Extant copies of the LXX, which date from the 4th century, contain books and additions not present in the Hebrew Bible as established in the Jewish canon and are not uniform in their contents. These copies of the LXX include books known as anagignoskomena in Greek and, in English, as deuterocanon (derived from the Greek words for "second canon"), which are not included in the modern Jewish canon. These books are estimated to have been written between 200 BC and 50 AD. Among them are the first two Books of the Maccabees; the Book of Tobit; the Book of Judith; the Book of Wisdom; Book of Sirach; the Book of Baruch (including the Letter of Jeremiah), and additions to Esther and Daniel. The LXX version of some books, such as the Book of Daniel and the Book of Esther, are longer than those in the Masoretic Text (𝕸), which were affirmed as canonical in Rabbinic Judaism. The Septuagint Book of Jeremiah is shorter than 𝕸. The Psalms of Solomon, 1 Esdras, 3 Maccabees, 4 Maccabees, the Letter of Jeremiah, the Book of Odes, the Prayer of Manasseh and Psalm 151 are included in some copies of the LXX.