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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wasserstein, Abraham, 1921-1995
Other Authors: Wasserstein, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Letter of Aristeas.
Bible. > Old Testament. > Greek > Versions > Septuagint.
Online Access:Table of contents
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.