LEADER 03049nam 22005774a 450 001 9910450962403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-46295-6 010 $a1-280-02478-X 010 $a0-203-59956-X 010 $a0-203-49877-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000255342 035 $a(EBL)182345 035 $a(OCoLC)252872819 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000309264 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11285189 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000309264 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10282040 035 $a(PQKB)11281148 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC182345 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL182345 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10099893 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL2478 035 $a(OCoLC)55102137 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000255342 100 $a20030402d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Septuagint and Homeric scholarship in Alexandria$b[electronic resource] $ea study in the narrative of the Letter of Aristeas /$fSylvie Honigman 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-51854-7 311 $a0-415-28072-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 151-197) and indexes. 327 $aTHE 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 Aristeas 327 $a7 Conclusion: the Book of Aristeas between two worldsAppendix: outline of the composition of the Book of Aristeas; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index of sources; General index 330 $aThe 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 transla 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a221.4/8/09 700 $aHonigman$b Sylvie$f1965-$0621960 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450962403321 996 $aThe Septuagint and Homeric scholarship in Alexandria$92116718 997 $aUNINA LEADER 01206nam2-2200385---450 001 990002663890203316 005 20220408120902.0 010 $a88-7062-725-X 035 $a000266389 035 $aUSA01000266389 035 $a(ALEPH)000266389USA01 035 $a000266389 100 $a20050927d1991----km-y0itay0103----ba 101 $aita$ager 102 $aIT 105 $aa|||||||001yy 200 1 $a28 : Giornate di studio in onore di Achille Adriani$eRoma, 26-27 novembre 1984$fa cura di Sandro Stucchi e Margherita Bonanno Aravantinos 210 $aRoma$cL'Erma di Bretschneider$d1991 215 $a[XII], 305 p., [3] carte di tav.$cill.$d29 cm 410 0$12001 454 1$12001 461 1$1001000177176$12001 606 0$tArchitettura ellenistica 606 0$aArte ellenistica 676 $a709.38 702 1 $aADRIANI,$bAchille 702 1 $aSTUCCHI,$bSandro 702 1 $aBONANNO ARAVANTINOS,$bMargherita 801 0$aIT$bsalbc$gISBD 912 $a990002663890203316 951 $aXI.3. Coll.4/ 13(X B Coll. 108/28)$b180915 L.M.$cX B$d00128315 959 $aBK 969 $aUMA 996 $a28 : Giornate di studio in onore di Achille Adriani$92814132 997 $aUNISA