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The legend of the Septuagint : from classical antiquity to today /

The Septuagint is the most influential of the Greek versions of the Torah. Many versions of a legend about the translation have existed since antiquity. This is the first account of all of these versions providing a history of the uses and abuses of the legend in various Mediterranean cultures.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wasserstein, Abraham, 1921-1995
Otros Autores: Wasserstein, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The letter of Aristeas
  • The Hellenistic Jewish tradition
  • The rabbis and the Greek Bible
  • The Ptolemaic changes
  • The church fathers and the translation of the Septuagint
  • Among the Christians in the Orient
  • The Muslims and the Septuagint
  • Yosippon and the story of the seventy
  • Karaites, Samaritans and Rabbanite Jews in the Middle Ages
  • The Septuagint in the Renaissance and the modern world.