One of the authors of three post-Septuagint translations of the Bible into Greek; the others are Aquila and Symmachus. All that survives of these three versions are scattered fragments and citations here and there. The date and interrelationship of these three translations is in dispute, but they all seem to belong to the second century c.e. They themselves differ in translation “style,” Aquila’s being rather literal, Theodotion’s and Symmachus’ somewhat freer. As revisions of the Septuagint version, they shed light on the later development of interpretive traditions.
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