Tevet Topics

• talmudic times
• literal translation
• detrimental effect
• septuagint
• gregorian calendar
• bce
• true meaning
• second language
• rendition
• torah
• jews
• corruption
• hebrew
• translations
• fear

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Tevet, Tevet

It follows Kislev and precedes Shevat. It is a winter month of 29 days. Tevet usually occurs in DecemberJanuary on the Gregorian calendar.

On the 8th of Tevet of the Hebrew year 3515 (246 BCE) they produced 72 independent translations, including identical changes in 13 places (where they each felt that a literal translation would constitute a corruption of the Torah's true meaning ). This Greek rendition became known as the Septuagint, "of the seventy" (though later versions that carry this name are not believed to be true to the originals). Greek became a significant second language among Jews as a result of this translation. During Talmudic times, Tevet 8 was observed by some as a fast day, expressing the fear of the detrimental effect of the translation.

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