The Septuagint and Homeric scholarship in Alexandria : a study in the narrative of the Letter of Aristeas

The Septuagint and Homeric scholarship in Alexandria : a study in the narrative of the Letter of Aristeas / Sylvie Honigman.

The etter of Aristeas is among the most intriguing literary productions of Ptolemaic Alexandria, and this is the first book-length study to be devoted to it.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Honigman, Sylvie, 1965-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
Subjects:	Letter of Aristeas. Bible. > Old Testament. > Greek > Versions > Septuagint. Bible. > Old Testament Letter of Aristeas RELIGION > Judaism > Sacred Writings. RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction
Genre and composition in the Book of Aristeas
The central narrative ; the transfiguration of history into charter myth
Enforcing the narrative veracity : the rhetoric of historiography in the Book of Aristeas
The origins and early history of the LXX : guidelines for a reconstruction of the past
The Homeric paradigm : a hypothesis on the genesis of the LXX and the Book of Aristeas
Conclusion: the Book of Aristeas between two worlds.