{"product_id":"the-septuagint-and-homeric-scholarship-sylvie-honigman-9780415280723","title":"The Septuagint and Homeric Scholarship in Alexandria: A Study in the Narrative of the 'Letter of Aristeas'","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eLetter of Aristeas\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of how Ptolemy Philadelphus of Egypt commissioned seventy scholars to translate the Hebrew Bible into Greek. \u003cbr\u003eLong accepted as a straightforward historical account of a cultural enterprise in Ptolemaic Alexandria, the \u003cem\u003eLetter\u003c\/em\u003e nevertheless poses serious interpretative problems. Sylvie Honigman argues that the \u003cem\u003eLetter \u003c\/em\u003eshould 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 translation was simultaneously a process of establishing an authoritative text, comparable to the work on the text of Homer being carried out by contemporary Greek scholars.\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eLetter of Aristeas\u003c\/em\u003e is among the most intriguing literary productions of Ptolemaic Alexandria, and this is the first book-length study to be devoted to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sylvie Honigman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415280729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415280723\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.46w x 0.71d","brand":"Sylvie Honigman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48112889856255,"sku":"9780415280723","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99da9ee8-a4bd-4846-b2a5-834f426a858f.jpg?v=1769611631","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-septuagint-and-homeric-scholarship-sylvie-honigman-9780415280723","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}