The meaning of the Letter of Aristeas
Subtitle: in light of biblical interpretation and grammatical tradition, and with reference to its historical context
By: Ekaterina Matusova
Series: Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments -- volume 260; Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments -- 260. Heft.
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Göttingen; Bristol, CT, U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9783525540435
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Letter of Aristeas
Description: "Ekaterina Matusova offers a new, independent and accurate interpretation of the text of the Letter of Aristeas. She connects it with a very broad circle of papyrological, literary and epigraphic sources and extensively refers to the "extra-canonical" biblical compositions from the Qumran library. She not only suggests a historical place for the text within Egyptian Judaism, but also connects the Alexandrian Jewish culture with the broader context of the Second Temple Judaism. By showing how the Letter of Aristeas can be referred to as a new source, she also significantly contributes to grammatical studies"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-155) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The biblical paradigm, or the Letter of Aristeas as rewritten scripture; title: Account of the translation, or the grammatical paradigm; title: The interactive meaning of the paradigms, or historical implications of the narrative.; title: 880-01