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The Letter of Aristeas is a Jewish text usually included in collections of Old Testament Pseudepigrapha or Jewish Hellenistic Literature.

Overview

Manuscript tradition

Synopsis

The Letter of Aristeas in Scholarship (History of research)

The Letter of Aristeas was first printed in translation--by Matteo Palmiero in 1471 (Latin), by Dietrich Reisach in 1502 (German), and by Lodovico Domenichi in 1550 (Italian). The editio princeps of the Greek text was published in 1561 by Matthias Garbitius, with Latin translation by Simon Schard. New translations followed, including the first English translation (1633) by John Done.

The Letter was initially seen as a faithful account of the translation of the Septuagint by an eyewitness. Its historical reliability was first questioned by Hody (1659-1707).

The Letter of Aristeas in Fiction

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External links

References (major articles)

The Letter of Aristeas: A Dialogical Judaism Facing Greek Paideia / Gabriele Boccaccini / Middle Judaism (1991 Boccaccini), book / pp.161-185

Bibliography

1980s

Werner Schmidt, Untersuchungen zur Fälschung historischer Dokumente bei Pseudo-Aristaios (Bonn: Habelt,1986)

1970s

Norbert Hans Meisner, Untersuchungen zum Aristeasbrief (Berlin: Kirchlichen Hochschule, 1972)

1950s

Bruno Hugo Stricker. De brief van Aristeas; de Hellenistische codificaties der praehelleense godsdiensten <Dutch> (Amsterdam: Noord-Hollandsche Uitg. Mij., 1956)

1910s

Books
- Henry St.J. Thackeray, The Letter of Aristeas, translated with an appendix of ancient evidence of the origin of the Septuagint (London: SPCK, 1917).
- Paul Wendland and Ludwig Mendelssohn, Aristeae ad Philocratem epistula cum ceteris de origine versionis LXX interpretum testemoniis (Leipzig: Teubner, 1900)

1890s

Ludwig Mendelssohn, Aristeae quae fertur ad Philocratem epistulae initium (SS 1-42 M. p. 13-23 Schm.) (1897)

1880s

Spyridon K. Papageorgios, Uber den Aristeasbrief (München: Wolf, 1880)

1700

Thomas Lewis, The History of the Seventy Two Interpreters (London: Hooke & Caldecott, 1715)

1600

John Done, The Ancient History of the Septuagint (London 1633)

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+The Letter of Aristeas was first printed in translation--by [[Matteo Palmiero]] in 1471 (Latin), by [[Dietrich Reisach]] in 1502 (German), and by [[Lodovico Domenichi]] in 1550 (Italian). The ''editio princeps'' of the Greek text was published in 1561 by [[Matthias Garbitius]], with Latin translation by [[Simon Schard]]. New translations followed, including the first English translation (1633) by John Done.
+The Letter was initially seen as a faithful account of the translation of the Septuagint by an eyewitness. Its historical reliability was first questioned by Hody (1659-1707).
 ==The Letter of Aristeas in Fiction==