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CH 2 - the LXX is a vital piece of text to study and a confusing one. Many translators were used so the methodology from one book to the next may vary strongly. Looking at the way Hebrew was translated is not reliable as some words were done literally and others figuratively. It is unclear if the NT bases their quotations on the LXX

Ch 1 was on the importance of Etymology. Some words have a supposed etymology that has no basis in reality & others have an ancient etymology that is not relevant to today's meaning (nice comes from the Latin word for imbecile, & no one even knowing that origin is trying to say anything other than nice). But there are some words were the etymology is super important, so we need to maintain balance in our translation.