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Part of 7 Jeremiah 7.3.1 General Background 7.3.1.1 Origin and TimeThe Letter of Aristeas claims that the Torah was translated from Hebrew to Greek in Alexandria in the third century b.c.e. Likewise, lxx-Jer seems to have originated in Egypt, as suggested by the many adaptations to the Alexandrian Ptolemaic milieu.1 The probable date is the early second century b.c.e.2 7.3.1.2 Special Features lxx-Jer differs greatly from the Hebrew text (7.2.2) of Jeremiah in three respects: 1) Length: It is approximately one-sixth shorter than mt-Jer.3 There are more than twenty contexts in …