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The Letter of Aristeas tells the story of how Ptolemy Philadelphus of Egypt commissioned seventy scholars to translate the Hebrew Bible into Greek. Long accepted as a straightforward historical account of a cultural enterprise in Ptolemaic Alexandria, the Letter nevertheless poses serious interpretative problems. Sylvie Honigman argues that the Letter should not be regarded as history, but as a charter myth for diaspora Judaism. She expounds its generic affinities with other works on Jewish history from Ptolemaic Alexandria, and argues that the process of transla

Homer --- Letter of Aristeas. --- Bible. --- Versions --- Septuagint. --- 221.05*2 --- 221.02*3 --- Septuagint (LXX) en andere Griekse vertalingen --- Oud Testament: bijbelse filologie: grieks; septuagint --- Aristeas' epistle --- Aristeas' letter --- Aristeas to Philocrates --- Aristeae Historia LXXII interpretum --- Historia LXXII interpretum --- Aristeae Ad Philocratem epistula --- Ad Philocratem epistula --- Aristeasbrief --- 221.02*3 Oud Testament: bijbelse filologie: grieks; septuagint --- 221.05*2 Septuagint (LXX) en andere Griekse vertalingen --- Homer. --- Septuaginta. --- Aristeas, --- Aristeas . --- Ad Philocratem. --- Lettre d'Aristée. --- Septante. --- Versions.