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Charles Thomson

1729–1824

Charles Thomson. Secretary of the Continental Congress for its entire 15-year existence. His four-volume translation of the Septuagint (1808) — the first English translation from the Greek LXX — was a landmark of American biblical scholarship.

From The Old Covenant, Commonly Called the Old Testament (Thomson Septuagint)

I. IN the beginning God made the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was invisible and unfurnished and there was darkness over this abyss ; and a breath of God was brought on 3 above the water. And God said, " Let there be Light ; " and

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The Old Covenant, Commonly Called the Old Testament (Thomson Septuagint) 1808 Thomson's Septuagint presents a complete English translation of the Old Testament from Greek sources, offering scholars and readers direct access to ancient biblical texts with significant historical and linguistic importance. →

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