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Hexapla (hĕk`səplə) [Gr.,=sixfold], polyglot edition of the Hebrew Bible prepared by Origen Origen , 185?–254?, Christian philosopher and scholar. His full name was Origines Adamantius, and he was born in Egypt, probably in Alexandria. When he was quite young, his father was martyred.
..... Click the link for more information. (c.185–c.255). It was mainly in six columns—a Hebrew text (probably the Masoretic), a Greek transliteration of it, and four Greek versions (those of Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion, and a revised version of the Septuagint). For certain sections of the Hebrew text, three further Greek versions were added. Some fragments survive. See Polyglot Bible Polyglot Bible , Bible in which different texts, often in different languages, are laid out in parallel columns. Polyglot Bibles serve as tools for textual criticism. Origen's Hexapla was the most famous ancient example.
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an edition of the Old Testament compiled by Origen, containing six versions of the text

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No references found	Williams's conclusion about this monumental work is straightforward: "The Hexapla was one of the greatest single monuments of Roman scholarship, and the first serious product of the application to Christian culture of the tools of Greek philology and criticism. Religion booknotes by Cunningham, Lawrence S. / Commonweal Though Jerome had the original manuscript, his chief work of Biblical scholarship, the Hexapla ("SixFold")--in which the Old Testament in Hebrew (which Origen learned for this purpose), the (Greek) Septuagint, and four other versions were arranged in parallel columns with critical editorial signs, 6000 pages long--is almost wholly lost. Origen by Baldwin, Barry / Catholic Insight	hexagonal nut hexagonal platelet hexagonal system hexagonal-head bolt hexagram Hexagrammidae hexahedrite hexahedron hexahydric alcohol hexahydrite hexahydrotoluene hexametapol Hexameter hexamethonium hexamethylene hexamethylene tetramine Hexamethylenediamine Hexamethylenetetramine hexamethylphosphoric triamide Hexanchidae Hexane hexanitrodiphenyl amine hexapartite vault hexapetalous hexaphenylethane hexapla hexapod Hexapoda hexaprismane hexaster Hexasterophora hexastyle hexatic phase hexenbesen Hexestrol hexidecimal hexit Hexitols hexobarbital hexoctahedron hexode Hexogen hexoglycan hexokinase hexomino hexone hexosamine hexosaminidase A hexosan hexose hexose diphosphate pathway	Hexanediol Diacrylate Hexanedione Hexanes Hexanes Hexanes hexangular hexanitrodiphenyl amine Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane Hexanitrostilbene Hexanoate Hexanoate hexanoic acid hexanoic acid hexanoic acid Hexanoic acids Hexanoic acids Hexanonacontane Hexanonacontane Hexanonacontane Hexaoctacontane Hexaoctacontane Hexaoctacontane hexapartite vault Hexapentacontane Hexapentacontane Hexapentacontane Hexapetalous Hexapetalous Hexaphenylethane Hexaphyllous hexapla hexaplas hexaplas Hexaploid Hexaploid Hexaploid hexaploidies hexaploids Hexaploidy Hexaploidy Hexaploidy hexapod hexapod Hexapod (disambiguation) Hexapod (disambiguation) Hexapoda Hexapoda hexapodous hexapodous hexapods hexapods hexapody hexaprismane Hexaprotodon liberiensis Hexaprotodon liberiensis Hexapterous Hexapteryga Hexapteryga hexarchy Hexasoft Development Sdn. Bhd. hexaster

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Williams's conclusion about this monumental work is straightforward: "The Hexapla was one of the greatest single monuments of Roman scholarship, and the first serious product of the application to Christian culture of the tools of Greek philology and criticism.

Religion booknotes by Cunningham, Lawrence S. / Commonweal

Though Jerome had the original manuscript, his chief work of Biblical scholarship, the Hexapla ("SixFold")--in which the Old Testament in Hebrew (which Origen learned for this purpose), the (Greek) Septuagint, and four other versions were arranged in parallel columns with critical editorial signs, 6000 pages long--is almost wholly lost.

Origen by Baldwin, Barry / Catholic Insight

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