03050nam 2200673 a 450 99620574600331620230721022117.00-19-969500-81-282-26833-397866122683350-19-156791-4(CKB)1000000000779874(EBL)746718(OCoLC)438155386(SSID)ssj0000261596(PQKBManifestationID)11238133(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000261596(PQKBWorkID)10256957(PQKB)10211058(StDuBDS)EDZ0000076007(MiAaPQ)EBC746718(MiAaPQ)EBC7036353(Au-PeEL)EBL7036353(EXLCZ)99100000000077987420090702d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTranslation and survival[electronic resource] the Greek Bible of the ancient Jewish Diaspora /Tessa RajakOxford Oxford University Pressc20091 online resource (xvi, 380 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-172089-5 0-19-955867-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [314]-365) and index.Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Letter of Aristeas between History and Myth; 2. Going Greek: Culture and Power in Ptolemaic Alexandria; 3. The Jewish Diaspora in Graeco-Roman Antiquity; 4. Staying Jewish: Language and Identity in the Greek Bible; 5. Representing and Subverting Power; 6. The Uses of Scripture in Hellenistic Judaism; 7. Parallels and Models; 8. The Bible among Greeks and Romans; 9. The Septuagint between Jews and Christians; Bibliography; IndexThe translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek was the first major translation in Western culture. Its significance was far-reaching but largely forgotten. Without a Greek Bible, European history would have been entirely different - no Western Jewish diaspora and no Christianity. Translation and Survival is a radical new study of the ancient creators and receivers of the translations and of their impact. The Greek Bible sustained Jews who spoke Greek and made the survivalof the first Jewish diaspora possible: indeed, the translators invented the term 'diaspora'. The translations were a tool foJewsMediterranean RegionHistoryTo 70 A.DJewsCivilizationGreek influencesSeptuagintagttJodendomgttDiasporagttJewsHistoryJewsCivilizationGreek influences.Septuaginta.Jodendom.Diaspora.221.9511.20bclRajak Tessa1946-173616MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996205746003316Translation and survival244863UNISA