Some think that he was referring merely to the Pentateuch, while others say that he may have had in mind the entire Hebrew Scriptures. In any case, tradition has it that about 72 Jewish scholars were involved in that first written translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew into Greek.
दुसऱ्‍या शतकात हयात असलेल्या अरिस्टोब्युलस नावाच्या एका यहुद्याच्या लिखाणात इब्री कायद्याच्या एका आवृत्तीचे ग्रीक भाषेत भाषांतर करण्यात आल्याचा उल्लेख आहे; हे भाषांतर टॉलेमी फिलेडेल्फसच्या राज्यात पूर्ण करण्यात आले.