The Septuagint - Paperbackby Jennifer Dines (Author) Jennifer Dines provides an introductory survey of current scholarship on the Greek Bible the Septuagint. She outlines its origins in the third to first centuries BCE, going on to trace its subsequent history to the fifth century CE. The Septuagint's relationship with the standard Hebrew text and its translational characteristics are examined, as is its value as a collection with its own literary and exegetical character. The