03015nam 22005654a 450 991078408660332120230617040602.01-134-46295-61-280-02478-X0-203-59956-X0-203-49877-1(CKB)1000000000255342(EBL)182345(OCoLC)252872819(SSID)ssj0000309264(PQKBManifestationID)11285189(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309264(PQKBWorkID)10282040(PQKB)11281148(MiAaPQ)EBC182345(Au-PeEL)EBL182345(CaPaEBR)ebr10099893(CaONFJC)MIL2478(OCoLC)55102137(EXLCZ)99100000000025534220030402d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Septuagint and Homeric scholarship in Alexandria[electronic resource] a study in the narrative of the letter of Aristeas /Sylvie HonigmanLondon ;New York Routledge20031 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-51854-7 0-415-28072-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-197) and indexes.THE SEPTUAGINT AND HOMERIC SCHOLARSHIP IN ALEXANDRIA A study in the narrative of the Letter of Aristeas; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Genre and composition in the Book of Aristeas; 3 The central narrative: the transfiguration of history into charter myth; 4 Enforcing the narrative veracity: the rhetoric of historiography in the Book of Aristeas; 5 The origins and early history of the LXX: guidelines for a reconstruction of the past; 6 The Homeric paradigm: a hypothesis on the genesis of the LXX and the Book of Aristeas7 Conclusion: the Book of Aristeas between two worldsAppendix: outline of the composition of the Book of Aristeas; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index of sources; General indexThe Letter of Aristeas tells the story of how Ptolemy Philadelphus of Egypt commissioned seventy scholars to translate the Hebrew Bible into Greek. Long accepted as a straightforward historical account of a cultural enterprise in Ptolemaic Alexandria, the Letter nevertheless poses serious interpretative problems. Sylvie Honigman argues that the Letter should not be regarded as history, but as a charter myth for diaspora Judaism. She expounds its generic affinities with other works on Jewish history from Ptolemaic Alexandria, and argues that the process of transla221.4/8/09Honigman Sylvie1965-621960MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784086603321The Septuagint and Homeric scholarship in Alexandria3865522UNINA