The seventy-two elders of the Letter of Aristeas: An ancient midrash on Numbers 11?
According to the Letter of Aristeas, the ancient treatise on the creation of the Greek translation of the Pentateuch, the high priest Eleazar chose seventy-two elders and dispatched them to Egypt where they translated the Torah into Greek. Scholars discerned the meaning of this number, indicating th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2021
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Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2021, Volume: 30, Issue: 4, Pages: 175-185 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Aristeas, Epistolographus ca. 3 BC. Jh.
/ tôrah
/ Translation
/ Greek language
/ Bible. Exodus 24
/ Epiphanius, Constantiensis 315-403
/ Bible. Numeri 11
/ Midrash
/ Early Judaism
/ Context
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| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism HB Old Testament |
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Letter of Aristeas
B seventy-two B Epiphanius B Sifre on Numbers B Septuagint |
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