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Translation And Survival

The Greek Bible of the Ancient Jewish Diaspora

by Tessa Rajak (professor Emertius Of Ancient History, University Of Reading, And Member Of The Jewish Studies Unit, Oxford University)

  • Hardback
  • 400 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 2.6 cm

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The translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek was the first major translation in Western culture. Its significance was far-reaching but largely forgotten. Without a Greek Bible, European history would have been entirely different - no Western Jewish diaspora and no Christianity. Translation and Survival is a radical new study of the ancient creators and receivers of the translations and of their impact. The Greek Bible sustained Jews who spoke Greek and made the survival of the first Jewish diaspora possible: indeed, the translators invented the term 'diaspora'. The translations were a tool for the preservation of group identity and for the expression of resistance. They devised a new kind of language: many of the words they coined are still with us. The Greek Bible translations ended up as the Christian Septuagint, taken over along with the entire heritage of Hellenistic Judaism when the Church parted from the Synagogue. Here, a brilliant creation is restored to its first owners, and to its historical context among Jews, Greeks and Christians.
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  • Author

    Tessa Rajak (professor Emertius Of Ancient History, University Of Reading, And Member Of The Jewish Studies Unit, Oxford University)

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    April 2009

  • Weight

    636g

  • Page Count

    400

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 2.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780199558674

  • ISBN-10

    0199558671

  • Eden Code

    1234257

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