Greek Tradition
Early Christian chronographers have also calculated Creation. Their computations were based on the Septuagint, which was the Greek version of the Old Testament in general use by Christians until a translation in c. 405 into Latin, called the Vulgate, which translated directly from the Masoretic Text, came into general use in Western Christianity.
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