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Legend of the Septuagint, The : From Classical Antiquity to Today

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Outline: The Septuagint is the most influential of the Greek versions of the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. The exact circumstances of its creation are uncertain, but different versions of a legend about the miraculous nature of the translation have existed since antiquity. Beginning in the Letter of Aristeas, the legend describes how Ptolemy Philadelphus (285-247 B.C.E.) commissioned seventy-two Jewish scribes to translate the sacred Hebrew scriptures for his famous library in Alexandria. Subsequent variations on the story recount how the scribes, working independently, produced word-for-word, identical Greek versions. In the course of the following centuries, to our own time, the story has been adapted and changed by Jews, Christians, Muslims, and pagans for many different reasons: to tell a story, to explain historical events, and - most frequently - to lend authority to the Greek text for the institutions that used it. This book offers the first account of all of these versions over the last two millennia, providing a history of the uses and abuses of the legend in various cultures around the Meditteranean.

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Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

221.4809 W284l c.1

Penerbit

New York, USA : Cambridge University Press., 2009

Deskripsi Fisik

334 hal

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-0-521-85495-5

Klasifikasi

221.4809

Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

First Edition

Subjek

Bible. O.T. Greek -- Versions -- Septuagint
Letter of Aristeas

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