The Septuagint is an ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, created between the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE. Its name comes from the Latin word for "seventy," referring to the tradition that seventy scholars worked on the translation. The Septuagint was widely used in the early Christian church and is significant for its influence on the New Testament, as many early Christians quoted from it. This translation includes not only the books of the Hebrew Bible but also several additional texts known as the Deuterocanonical books. The Septuagint played a crucial role in the spread of Jewish scriptures in the Hellenistic world and remains an important resource for biblical studies today.