The Origins of the Septuagint

Alexander the Great had come through in the previous century and we refer to this he must have been surprised when they when he got to a place that was called Alexander. The Masaretes created a system of vocalization so Hebrew is not written with vowels because you had fewer people who were speaking the Hebrew that they used anciently. There are other texts that are more free but one of the most interesting things about the translation of the Septuagint is it seems to witness to Hebrew manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible that don't always line up with the manuscripts that we have now.