Seeing is Believing: The Travelogue in the Letter of Aristeas
Using Daniel Barbu's article "Aristeas the Tourist" as a starting point, this essay focuses on the Letter of Aristeas's "travelogue" in order to show how it contributes to the construction of a Jewish identity in second century BCE Alexandria. I argue that the choice to...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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NTT
Year: 2021, Volume: 75, Issue: 2, Pages: 161-176 |
| Further subjects: | B
Aristeas
B Autopsy B Jewish Identity B geographical imaginary B ancient tourism |
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| Summary: | Using Daniel Barbu's article "Aristeas the Tourist" as a starting point, this essay focuses on the Letter of Aristeas's "travelogue" in order to show how it contributes to the construction of a Jewish identity in second century BCE Alexandria. I argue that the choice to tell the story of the translation of the Septuagint through the eyes of the fictional Gentile narrator "Aristeas" and to report the sights and events in the voice of an "outsider" works to create a sense of cultural morale in Alexandrian Jews that enables them to participate in the cultural world of Hellenistic Alexandria as Jews. |
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| ISSN: | 2590-3268 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: NTT
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5117/NTT2021.2.002.WRIG |