The Letter of Aristeas

The Letter of Aristeas
Author: Benjamin G. Wright III
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2015-09
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9783110431353


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In modern scholarship, there has been no fully fledged commentary written on the Letter of Aristeas, an important work of Hellenistic Judaism in Alexandria, which contains the earliest version of the translation of the Septuagint. This volume fills that gap. The book will be of relevance to anyone interested in Hellenistic Judaism, the Septuagint, the ancient Jewish community in Alexandria or ancient Jewish paideia.


The Letter of Aristeas
Language: en
Pages: 480
Authors: Benjamin G. Wright III
Categories: Bible
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-09 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

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In modern scholarship, there has been no fully fledged commentary written on the Letter of Aristeas, an important work of Hellenistic Judaism in Alexandria, whi
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Categories: Religion
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The work commonly known as the Letter of Aristeas presents an account of the genesis of the Septuagint, and incidentally reflects currents of religious thought
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Pages: 229
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The Letter of Aristeas tells the story of how Ptolemy Philadelphus of Egypt commissioned seventy scholars to translate the Hebrew Bible into Greek. Long accepte
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Language: en
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Authors: Ekaterina Matusova
Categories: Religion
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Ekaterin Matusova offers a new approach to the old problems of interpretation of the "Letter of Aristeas".Chapter 1 deals with the question of the structure of
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Language: en
Pages: 237
Authors: Maren R. Niehoff
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-03-17 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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