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Aristeas, Letter of

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Aristeas, Letter of. An anonymous Jewish composition written probably in the late 2nd cent. BCE. It is supposedly composed by Aristeas, a Greek at the court of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285–246 BCE) and describes the translation of the Hebrew scriptures into Greek. It seems to be designed to enhance the status of a Gk. translation.

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Aristeas, Letter of

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Aristeas, Letter of. A Jewish pseud-epigraphical letter which contains a legend of how the LXX came to be miraculously written. Its composition has been variously dated between 200 BC and AD 33.

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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Aristeas, Letter of." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Aristeas, Letter of." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-AristeasLetterof.html

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