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Jewish Fictional Letters from Hellenistic Egypt: The Epistle of Aristeas and Related Literature

by L. Michael White, G. Anthony Keddie

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: SBL Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2.8 cm

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The Greek text Epistle of Aristeas is a Jewish work of the late Hellenistic period that recounts the origins of the Septuagint. Long recognized as a literary fiction, the Epistle of Aristeas has been variously dated from the third century BCE to the first century CE. As a result of the work’s uncertain provenance, its epistolary features, and especially those in which the putative author, Aristeas, addresses his brother and correspondent, Philocrates, have largely been ignored. In light of more recent scholarship on epistolary literature in the Greco-Roman world, this volume presents for the first time a complete Greek text and English translation of, with introduction, notes, and commentary on, the Epistle of Aristeas, with key testimonia from Philo, Josephus, and Eusebius as well as other related examples of Jewish fictional letters from the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha.
Jewish Fictional Letters from Hellenistic Egypt: The Epistle of Aristeas and Related Literature and Reflections On The Psalms
Reflections On The PsalmsJewish Fictional Letters from Hellenistic Egypt: The Epistle of Aristeas and Related Literature

  • Author

    L. Michael White

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    SBL Press

  • Published

    October 2018

  • Weight

    709g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9781628371857

  • ISBN-10

    1628371854

  • Eden Code

    4900913

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