The Letter of Aristeas tells the story of how Ptolemy Philadelphus of Egypt commissioned seventy scholars to translate the Hebrew Bible into Greek. Long accepte
This volume presents original research on the historical context, narrative and wisdom books, anthropology, theology, language, and reception of the Septuagint,
A new association for the study of the Septuagint was formed in South Africa recently. The present collection is a compilation of papers delivered at the first
The Septuagint is the term commonly used to refer to the corpus of early Greek versions of Hebrew Scriptures. The collection is of immense importance in the his
Jennifer Dines provides an introductory survey of current scholarship on the Greek Bible - the Septuagint. She outlines its origins in the third to first centur