How does the Septuagint influence New Testament quotations?

The New Testament draws its quotations from the Greek Septuagint used by its authors. Scholars have also proposed hypotheses regarding whether original New Testament documents utilized the Tetragrammaton in these Old Testament quotations before it was replaced by other titles. Furthermore, the Old Testament canon itself varies across Christian denominations, involving protocanonical and deuterocanonical texts.

What we know

• New Testament quotations are taken from the Septuagint used by the authors of the 27 books of the New Testament. [3]
• George Howard put forward a hypothesis that the Greek-speaking authors of documents later included in the New Testament may have used forms of the Tetragrammaton in their Old Testament quotations. [2] · medium confidence
• In all copies of the works that formed the New Testament, the Tetragrammaton was soon replaced by two existing names for God. [2] · medium confidence
• The Old Testament includes books of the Hebrew Bible and, in various Christian denominations, deuterocanonical books. [3]

Still open

• George Howard's hypothesis that original New Testament authors used the Tetragrammaton in their quotations is not widely accepted among scholars.

Where to go next

• the bigger pictureWhat are the names and titles of God in the New Testament?
• what caused itHow did the Old Testament canon develop across traditions?
• a case in pointWhich Old Testament messianic prophecies are quoted in the New Testament?
• how we knowWhat is the history of the New Testament text and manuscripts?
• compared withHow do Protestant and Catholic Old Testament canons differ?
• an unexpected connectionWhy might original New Testament texts have contained the Hebrew Tetragrammaton?Although the New Testament is written in Koine Greek and uses general titles for God, a scholarly hypothesis suggests its earliest authors may have retained the Hebrew Tetragrammaton in their direct Old Testament citations.

Sources

• [1]Tetragrammaton in the New Testament (Wikidata Q7706512) · CC0 1.0
• [2]Names and titles of God in the New Testament · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [3]Development of the Old Testament canon · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [4]New Testament · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [5]Old Testament messianic prophecies quoted in the New Testament · CC BY-SA 4.0