Septuagint
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An ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, undertaken by Jews resident in Alexandria for the benefit of Jews who had forgotten their Hebrew (well before the birth of Jesus); abbreviated as LXX. The LXX is the untranslated standard version of the Old Testament for the Greek Orthodox Church, but not for the Western Church, which since Jerome, has adhered to the Masoretic text. In the original Greek New Testament, when Jesus quotes the Old Testament, he is made to quote the LXX, which tends to disagree with the Masoretic text.
The Septuagint - contain feminine allusions to God (e.g., "El Shaddia" referring to breast, hence a nuturing image; "Lady Wisdom," often paralleled to the Word of John 1, whose incarnated form is Jesus; the Holy Spirit has feminine references, etc.).
