Aristobulus, a Jew who lived in the second century B.C.E., wrote that a version of the Hebrew law was translated into Greek and was completed during the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus (285 - 246 B.C.E.).
अॅलेक्सांद्रिया येथील वातावरण इब्री शास्त्रवचनांचे ग्रीक भाषेत अनुवाद करण्याकरता अगदी पोषक होते.