LEADER 03015nam 22005654a 450 001 9910784086603321 005 20230617040602.0 010 $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. 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Commentary and imitation: charismatic text, messianic exegesis; 2. Voices of the text: remembrance and gate; 3. Renewal of covenant: concidentia oppositorum and the primal point; 4. The metaleptic Joseph: the shirt, the Bees, and gnostic apocalypse; Conclusion: hermeneutic spiral; Appendix 1: manuscript of Surat al-Naul; Appendix 2: Surat al-Nahl transcription; Notes; Bibliography; General index; Index of Qur'anic verses 330 $aOf the several works on the rise and development of the Babi movement, especially those dealing with the life and work of its founder, Sayyid Ali Muhammad Shirazi, few deal directly with the compelling and complex web of mysticism, theology and philosophy found in his earliest compositions. 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