LEADER 04467nam 2200709 450 001 9910812989403321 005 20230807193401.0 010 $a3-11-043134-3 010 $a3-11-043149-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110431346 035 $a(CKB)3710000000482419 035 $a(EBL)4006851 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001553640 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16181056 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001553640 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)12674479 035 $a(PQKB)10065288 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4006851 035 $a(DE-B1597)454728 035 $a(OCoLC)952799327 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110431346 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4006851 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11120119 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL838222 035 $a(OCoLC)932329155 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000482419 100 $a20151214h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe letter of Aristeas $e'Aristeas to Philocrates' or 'On the translation of the Law of the Jews' /$fBenjamin G. Wright III 210 1$aBerlin, [Germany] ;$aBoston, [Massachusetts] :$cDe Gruyter,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (513 p.) 225 1 $aCommentaries on Early Jewish Literature,$x1861-6003 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-11-043904-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tPreface -- $tTable of Contents -- $tI. INTRODUCTION -- $tII. GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY -- $tPreface (§§ 1?8) -- $tThe Library Project (§§ 9?11) -- $tThe Liberation of the Jewish Slaves (§§ 12?27) -- $tDemetrius?s Report (§§ 28?34a) -- $tPtolemy II?s Letter to Eleazar (§§ 34b?40) -- $tEleazar?s Reply to Ptolemy (§§ 41?51a) -- $tThe Construction of the King?s Gifts (§§ 51b?82) -- $tJerusalem and its Environs (§§ 83?120) -- $tEleazar?s Farewell to the Translators (§§ 121?127) -- $tEleazar?s Apologia for the Law (§§ 128?171) -- $tThe Reception of the Translators at Alexandria (§§ 172?186) -- $tExcursus on Aristeas, Hellenistic Symposia and Peri Basileus Literature (Part 1) -- $tThe Symposia (§§ 187?300) -- $tExcursus on Aristeas, Hellenistic Symposia and Peri Basileus Literature (Part 2) -- $tAristeas?s Praise of the Translators (§§ 295?300) -- $tThe Execution of the Translation (§§ 301?307) -- $tThe Proclamation of the Translation (§§ 308?316) -- $tThe Departure of the Translators (§§ 317?321) -- $tEpilogue (§ 322) -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIndex of Names and Subjects -- $tIndex of Ancient Sources -- $tIndex of Modern Authors 330 $aThe Letter of Aristeas has been an object modern scholarly interest since the seventeenth century. It is best known for containing the earliest version of the translation of the Hebrew Law into Greek, and this story accounts for much of the scholarly attention paid to the work. Yet, this legend only takes up a small percentage of the work. Looking at Aristeas as a whole, the work reveals an author who has acquired a Greek education and employs both Jewish and Greek sources in his work, and he has produced a Greek book. Even though Aristeas has garnered scholarly attention, no fully fledged commentary has been written on it. The works of R. Tramontano, M. Hadas and others, often referred to as commentaries, only contain text and annotated notes. This volume fills the gap in the scholarship on Aristeas by providing a full, paragraph-by-paragraph commentary, containing a new translation, text-critical notes, general commentary, and notes on specific words, phrases and ideas. 410 0$aCommentaries on early Jewish literature. 606 $aJews$xCivilization$xGreek influences 606 $aJudaism$xHistory$yPost-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D 606 $aRELIGION / Judaism / History$2bisacsh 610 $aAristeas. 610 $aHellenistic Judaism. 610 $aJewish paideia. 610 $aSeptuagint. 615 0$aJews$xCivilization$xGreek influences. 615 0$aJudaism$xHistory 615 7$aRELIGION / Judaism / History. 676 $a221.4809 700 $aWright$b Benjamin G$g(Benjamin Givens),$0912009 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812989403321 996 $aThe letter of Aristeas$94115895 997 $aUNINA