The History of Hebrew Translations

The benashe family invented a set of symbols to aid copyists. They gave the scribe information about unusual forms or words that should not be changed. For instance, they might put a circle over a word that occurred nowhere else in the bible. The septugent is the name given to a translation of the hebrew canon into greek begun in egypt king ptolemy. Think latin greeks brought a new common language and the need for a new translation.