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== Composition ==

== Composition ==

 

The oldest extant [[Masoretic]] (i.e. Hebrew) manuscripts of Genesis are the [[Aleppo Codex]] dated to ca. [[920]] AD, and the [[Westminster Leningrad Codex]] dated to [[1008]] AD. There are also fragments of unvocalized Hebrew Genesis texts preserved in some [[Dead Sea scrolls]] (2nd century BC to [[1st century|1st century AD]]). According to tradition the Torah was translated into Greek (the [[Septuagint]], or 70, from the traditional number of translators) in the [[3rd century BC]]. The oldest Greek manuscripts include [[2nd century BC]] fragments of Leviticus and Deuteronomy (Rahlfs nos. 801, 819, and 957), and [[1st century BC]] fragments of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, and the [[Minor prophet|Minor Prophets]] (Rahlfs nos. 802, 803, 805, 848, 942, and 943). Relatively complete manuscripts of the LXX (i.e.e, the Septuagint) include the [[Codex Vaticanus]] and the [[Codex Sinaiticus]] of the [[4th century]] and the [[Codex Alexandrinus]] of the [[5th century]] - these are the oldest surviving nearly-complete manuscripts of the Old Testament in any language. There are minor variations between the Greek and Hebrew texts, and between the three oldest Greek texts.

The oldest extant [[Masoretic]] (i.e. Hebrew) manuscripts of Genesis are the [[Aleppo Codex]] dated to ca. [[920]] AD, and the [[Westminster Leningrad Codex]] dated to [[1008]] AD. There are also fragments of unvocalized Hebrew Genesis texts preserved in some [[Dead Sea scrolls]] (2nd century BC to [[1st century|1st century AD]]). According to tradition the Torah was translated into Greek (the [[Septuagint]], or 70, from the traditional number of translators) in the [[3rd century BC]]. The oldest Greek manuscripts include [[2nd century BC]] fragments of Leviticus and Deuteronomy (Rahlfs nos. 801, 819, and 957), and [[1st century BC]] fragments of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, and the [[Minor prophet|Minor Prophets]] (Rahlfs nos. 802, 803, 805, 848, 942, and 943). Relatively complete manuscripts of the LXX (i.e.e, the Septuagint) include the [[Codex Vaticanus]] and the [[Codex Sinaiticus]] of the [[4th century]] and the [[Codex Alexandrinus]] of the [[5th century]] - these are the oldest surviving nearly-complete manuscripts of the Old Testament in any language. There are minor variations between the Greek and Hebrew texts, and between the three oldest Greek texts.