By the third century B.C.E., Alexandria, Egypt, had become the home of numerous Jews who needed a translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek, then an international language.
كَانَ لِمُتَرْجِمِي ٱلْكِتَابِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ ٱلْأَوَائِلِ دَوْرٌ فِي ٱلْحِفَاظِ عَلَى ٱلِٱسْمِ ٱلْإِلٰهِيِّ .‏