The letter of Aristeas : 'Aristeas to Philocrates' or 'On the translation of the Law of the Jews' / Benjamin G. Wright III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Benjamin G., III, author.

Series:

Commentaries on early Jewish literature.

Commentaries on Early Jewish Literature, 1861-6003

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Letter of Aristeas--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Letter of Aristeas.

Jews--Civilization--Greek influences.

Jews.

Judaism--History--Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (513 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION

II. GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

Preface (§§ 1–8)

The Library Project (§§ 9–11)

The Liberation of the Jewish Slaves (§§ 12–27)

Demetrius’s Report (§§ 28–34a)

Ptolemy II’s Letter to Eleazar (§§ 34b–40)

Eleazar’s Reply to Ptolemy (§§ 41–51a)

The Construction of the King’s Gifts (§§ 51b–82)

Jerusalem and its Environs (§§ 83–120)

Eleazar’s Farewell to the Translators (§§ 121–127)

Eleazar’s Apologia for the Law (§§ 128–171)

The Reception of the Translators at Alexandria (§§ 172–186)

Excursus on Aristeas, Hellenistic Symposia and Peri Basileus Literature (Part 1)

The Symposia (§§ 187–300)

Excursus on Aristeas, Hellenistic Symposia and Peri Basileus Literature (Part 2)

Aristeas’s Praise of the Translators (§§ 295–300)

The Execution of the Translation (§§ 301–307)

The Proclamation of the Translation (§§ 308–316)

The Departure of the Translators (§§ 317–321)

Epilogue (§ 322)

Abbreviations

Index of Names and Subjects

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Modern Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

Contains:

Letter of Aristeas. English.

ISBN:

9783110431346

3110431343

9783110431490

3110431491

OCLC:

952799327