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The legend of the Septuagint : from classical antiquity to today / Abraham Wasserstein, David J. Wasserstein.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 334 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 0511191898
  • 9780511191893
  • 0511190719
  • 9780511190711
  • 0511191030
  • 9780511191039
  • 9780511499142
  • 0511499140
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Legend of the Septuagint.DDC classification:
  • 221.4/8/09 22
LOC classification:
  • BS744.A7 W37 2006eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • 11.32
Online resources:
Contents:
The letter of Aristeas -- The Hellenistic Jewish tradition -- The rabbis and the Greek Bible -- The Ptolemaic changes -- The church fathers and the translation of the Septuagint -- Among the Christians in the Orient -- The Muslims and the Septuagint -- Yosippon and the story of the seventy -- Karaites, Samaritans and Rabbanite Jews in the Middle Ages -- The Septuagint in the Renaissance and the modern world.
Summary: The Septuagint is the most influential of the Greek versions of the Torah. Many versions of a legend about the translation have existed since antiquity. This is the first account of all of these versions providing a history of the uses and abuses of the legend in various Mediterranean cultures.
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)159798

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-323) and index.

The letter of Aristeas -- The Hellenistic Jewish tradition -- The rabbis and the Greek Bible -- The Ptolemaic changes -- The church fathers and the translation of the Septuagint -- Among the Christians in the Orient -- The Muslims and the Septuagint -- Yosippon and the story of the seventy -- Karaites, Samaritans and Rabbanite Jews in the Middle Ages -- The Septuagint in the Renaissance and the modern world.

The Septuagint is the most influential of the Greek versions of the Torah. Many versions of a legend about the translation have existed since antiquity. This is the first account of all of these versions providing a history of the uses and abuses of the legend in various Mediterranean cultures.

Print version record.