ISBN: 9780521104616 - the legend of the septuagint: from classical antiquity to today (6 Ergebnisse)

Binding sound, text unmarked. Zustand: Fine. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. No ownership marks. Size: xviii, 334pp. No ownership marks.

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 352 pages. 8.90x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. A history of the uses and abuses of the Septuagint creation in various cultures around the Mediterranean. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCG; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558. . 2009. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Septuagint is the most influential of the Greek versions of the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. The exact circumstances of its creation are uncertain, but different versions of a legend about the miraculous nature of the translation have existed since antiquity. Beginning in the Letter of Aristeas, the legend describes how Ptolemy Philadelphus commissioned seventy-two Jewish scribes to translate the sacred Hebrew scriptures for his famous library in Alexandria. Subsequent variations on the story recount how the scribes, working independently, produced word-for-word, identical Greek versions. In the course of the following centuries, to our own time, the story has been adapted and changed by Jews, Christians, Muslims and pagans for many different reasons: to tell a story, to explain historical events and to lend authority to the Greek text for the institutions that used it. This book offers the first account of all of these versions over the last two millennia, providing a history of the uses and abuses of the legend in various cultures around the Mediterranean.…

Zustand: New. The Septuagint is the most influential of the Greek versions of the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. The exact circumstances of its creation are uncertain. This book offers an account of all the versions of its creation over the last two mil.