Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-365) and index.
The Letter of Aristeas between history and myth -- Going Greek : culture and power in Ptolemaic Alexandria -- The Jewish diaspora in Graeco-Roman antiquity -- Staying Jewish : language and identity in the Greek Bible -- Representing and subverting power -- The uses of Scripture in Hellenistic Judaism -- Parallels and models -- The Bible among Greeks and Romans -- The Septuagint between Jews and Christians.
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A study of the translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek - a work of seminal importance, without which there would have been no Western Jewish disapora, and no Christianity. The book places its production in historical context, and examines its role in the religious culture of Jews in the Mediterranean during this period.