2 Latin

Various “Jewish” texts have survived in Latin, those considered canonical as well as others such as the "Liber antiquitatum biblicarum;" falsely attributed to Philo, and "4 Ezra, 5 Ezra, and 6 Ezra," which are known only or primarily from Latin. Many other Latin texts have also survived in Greek, and it is usually assumed that the Latin versions were translations of Greek originals (e.g., from Septuagintal texts), produced by Christian translators. The possibility that there may have been Jewish translators into Latin (working from Greek, or even from Semitic originals) is seldom explored in any depth, but deserves closer attention. Some of the "Old Latin" scriptural materials, for example, may have been originally Jewish (not Christian) productions.