Hexapla (Gr. for "sixfold") is the term for an edition of the Bible in six versions. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin Especially it applies to the edition of the Old Testament compiled by Origen, which placed side by side:
- Hebrew
- Hebrew transliterated into Greek characters
- Aquila of Sinope
- Symmachus the Ebionite
- Septuagint
- Theodotion
The original work is now lost, but the fragments have been collected in several editions, for example that of Frederick Field (1875). In Western Christianity, the Old Testament refers to the books that form the first of the two-part Christian Biblical canon. Origen ( Greek: Ōrigénēs, or Origen Adamantius, ca 185–ca Transliteration is the practice of Transcribing a Word or text written in one Writing system into another writing system or system of rules for such practice Aquila of Sinope was a 2nd Century AD native of Pontus in Anatolia known for producing an exceedingly literal translation of the Hebrew Bible into Symmachus the Ebionite (Ἐβιωνίτης Σύμμαχος (fl The Septuagint (ˈsɛptuədʒɪnt or simply " LXX " is the Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, translated in stages between the Theodotion (Θεοδοτιών (d ca 200 AD was a Hellenistic Jewish scholar perhaps working in Ephesus, who translated the Hebrew Bible into Frederick Field (1801-1885 was an English theologian and biblical scholar
The fragments are now being re-edited (with additional materials discovered since Field's edition) by an international group of Septuagint scholars. The Septuagint (ˈsɛptuədʒɪnt or simply " LXX " is the Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, translated in stages between the This work is being carried out as The Hexapla Project [1] under the auspices of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies [2], and directed by Peter J. Gentry (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary), Alison G. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is located in Louisville Kentucky and is the flagship Seminary of the Southern Baptist Convention, or SBC Salvesen (Oxford University), and Bas ter Haar Romeny (Leiden University). The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Leiden University (Universiteit Leiden located in the city of Leiden, is the oldest University in The Netherlands.
External links
- Full scan of Origen Hexapla Vol I
- Full scan of Origen Hexapla Vol II
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Hexapla
- Jewish Encyclopedia: Origen: His "Hexapla"
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