<P> While the Old Testament portion of the Bible was written in Hebrew, the New Testament was originally written in Koine Greek . The Greek language however, has several different dialects or denominations . This required several different translations done by several different individuals and groups of people . These translations can be categorized into translations done before and after 1500 A.D. </P> <P> The first known translation of the Bible into Greek is called the Septuagint (LXX; 3rd--1st centuries BC). The LXX was written in Koine Greek . It contains the Hebrew Bible translated from Hebrew and Aramaic . It also includes several other documents which are considered to have differing levels of authority by various Christian churches . Some of these other documents are believed to have been written originally in Greek . </P> <P> The LXX contains the oldest existing translation of Holy Scripture into any language . It was widely disseminated among ancient Hellenistic Jews, and was later used by Greek - speaking Christians for their Old Testament (refer canon). The LXX is the source of the majority of quotations from the Old Testament by writers of the New Testament . It is studied along with Hebrew and Aramaic texts as an ancient source of information about the Old Testament . </P>

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