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Tetrapla of Origen

TETRAPLA of Origen. ‘Twas thus that Origen called his Edition of the Bible, in which he placed, in four Columns set one against another, the four Versions of the Septuagint, of Aquila, of Symmachus, and of Theodotion. The Term Tetrapla in Greek properly signifies fourfold, or composed of four Parts.

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