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Hexapla (??ap??: Gr.
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 for "sixfold") is the term for an edition of the Bible
Bible

The Bible is the central religious text of Judaism and Christianity. The exact Books of the Bible is dependent on the religious traditions of specific denominations....
 in six versions. Especially it applies to the edition of the Old Testament
Old Testament

In Western Christianity, the Old Testament refers to the books that form the first of the two-part Christianity Bible Biblical canon. These works correspond to the Hebrew Bible , with some variations and additions....
 compiled by Origen of Alexandria, which placed side by side:

  1. Hebrew
    Hebrew language

    Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
  2. Hebrew transliterated into Greek characters
  3. Aquila of Sinope
    Aquila of Sinope

    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 Greek language around 130 AD....
  4. Symmachus the Ebionite
    Symmachus the Ebionite

    Symmachus the Ebionite was the author of one of the Greek versions of the Old Testament. It was included by Origen in his Hexapla and Tetrapla, which compared various versions of the Old Testament side by side with the Septuagint....
  5. Septuagint
    Septuagint

    The Septuagint , or simply "LXX", is the Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, translated in stages between the 3rd century BC and 1st century BC in Alexandria....
  6. Theodotion
    Theodotion

    Theodotion was a Hellenistic Jewish scholar, perhaps working in Ephesus , who translated the Hebrew Bible into Ancient Greek. Whether he was revising the Septuagint, or was working from Hebrew manuscripts that represented a parallel tradition that has not survived, is debated....


The original work is now lost, but the fragments have been collected in several editions, for example that of Frederick Field
Frederick Field (scholar)

Frederick Field was an English theologian and biblical scholar.He was born in London, and educated at Christ's Hospital and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he obtained a fellowship in 1824....
 (1875).

The fragments are now being re-edited (with additional materials discovered since Field's edition) by an international group of Septuagint
Septuagint

The Septuagint , or simply "LXX", is the Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, translated in stages between the 3rd century BC and 1st century BC in Alexandria....
 scholars.






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Hexapla (??ap??: Gr.
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 for "sixfold") is the term for an edition of the Bible
Bible

The Bible is the central religious text of Judaism and Christianity. The exact Books of the Bible is dependent on the religious traditions of specific denominations....
 in six versions. Especially it applies to the edition of the Old Testament
Old Testament

In Western Christianity, the Old Testament refers to the books that form the first of the two-part Christianity Bible Biblical canon. These works correspond to the Hebrew Bible , with some variations and additions....
 compiled by Origen of Alexandria, which placed side by side:

  1. Hebrew
    Hebrew language

    Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
  2. Hebrew transliterated into Greek characters
  3. Aquila of Sinope
    Aquila of Sinope

    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 Greek language around 130 AD....
  4. Symmachus the Ebionite
    Symmachus the Ebionite

    Symmachus the Ebionite was the author of one of the Greek versions of the Old Testament. It was included by Origen in his Hexapla and Tetrapla, which compared various versions of the Old Testament side by side with the Septuagint....
  5. Septuagint
    Septuagint

    The Septuagint , or simply "LXX", is the Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, translated in stages between the 3rd century BC and 1st century BC in Alexandria....
  6. Theodotion
    Theodotion

    Theodotion was a Hellenistic Jewish scholar, perhaps working in Ephesus , who translated the Hebrew Bible into Ancient Greek. Whether he was revising the Septuagint, or was working from Hebrew manuscripts that represented a parallel tradition that has not survived, is debated....


The original work is now lost, but the fragments have been collected in several editions, for example that of Frederick Field
Frederick Field (scholar)

Frederick Field was an English theologian and biblical scholar.He was born in London, and educated at Christ's Hospital and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he obtained a fellowship in 1824....
 (1875).

The fragments are now being re-edited (with additional materials discovered since Field's edition) by an international group of Septuagint
Septuagint

The Septuagint , or simply "LXX", is the Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, translated in stages between the 3rd century BC and 1st century BC in Alexandria....
 scholars. This work is being carried out as The Hexapla Project under the auspices of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies , and directed by Peter J. Gentry (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is located in Louisville, Kentucky and is the flagship seminary of the Southern Baptist Convention, or SBC....
), Alison G. Salvesen (Oxford University), and Bas ter Haar Romeny (Leiden University
Leiden University

Leiden University , located in the city of Leiden, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Oldest Universities by Region university in the Netherlands....
).

English Hexapla

Hexapla can also refer to the English Hexapla
English Hexapla

The English Hexapla is an edition of the New Testament in Greek, along with what were considered the six most important English language translations in parallel columns underneath, preceded by a detailed history of English translations and translators by S....
, an edition of the Greek New testament, with six English language translations (from Wycliffe
Wycliffe

Wycliffe, a surname, may refer to:...
's in 1380 to the Authorised version in 1611) arranged in columns underneath. The English Hexapla was published in London in 1841 by Samuel Bagster and Sons.

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