The Hellenistic Culture: The Septuagint

Much of the Christian communities were established by newly converted Christians from the ancient world. During the time that the Jews were isolated to Babylon and populated the Mediterranean coasts, many were not able to speak or read Hebrew, and so, could not read the scriptures which was written and rehearsed in their native language. During this time, the Greek language was established as the universal dialectal of the land, therefore, Jewish scholars translated the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek text called the “Septuagint”. Not withstanding the influences of the Greek culture, while translating this text, “Hellenic viewpoints crept into the Septuagint as well” pg. 57. The Hellenistic culture began to thrive because many had begun to