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The Letter of Aristeas was first printed in translation--by [[Mattia Palmerio]] 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 [[Simon Schard]], with Latin translation by [[Matthias Garbitius]]. New translations followed, including its first translations in Hebrew (1574) by [[Azariah de' Rossi]], and in English (1633) by [[John Done]].  
The Letter of Aristeas was first printed in translation--by [[Mattia Palmerio]] 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 [[Simon Schard]], with Latin translation by [[Matthias Garbitius]]. New translations followed, including its first translations in Hebrew (1574) by [[Azariah de' Rossi]], and in English (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 [[Humphrey Hody]] (1685), who also published in 1692 a new edition of the Greek text with Latin translation.
The Letter was initially seen as a faithful account of the translation of the Septuagint by an eyewitness, but already in 1522 [[Luis Vives]] published a philological analysis of the text in his XXII libros de Civitate Dei Commentaria, in which he suggested that the letter were a forgery, being written by an author living half a century after Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285-246 B.C).
 
The historical reliability of the Letter was then conclusively questioned by [[Humphrey Hody]] (1685), who also published in 1692 a new edition of the Greek text with Latin translation, and in 1705 a 2nd ed. of his dissertation, in which he replied to his critics, in particular to [[Isaac Vossius]].  


What could be considered the first critical edition of the document was published in 1870 by M. Schmidt, until the definitive edition by [[Henry St. John Thackeray]] in 1902.
What could be considered the first critical edition of the document was published in 1870 by M. Schmidt, until the definitive edition by [[Henry St. John Thackeray]] in 1902.

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The Letter of Aristeas (see Online Text) is a Second Temple Jewish document, now included in collections of Old Testament Pseudepigrapha or Jewish Hellenistic Literature.

Overview

Manuscript tradition

The Letter of Aristeas in Scholarship (History of research)

The Letter of Aristeas was first printed in translation--by Mattia Palmerio 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 Simon Schard, with Latin translation by Matthias Garbitius. New translations followed, including its first translations in Hebrew (1574) by Azariah de' Rossi, and in English (1633) by John Done.

The Letter was initially seen as a faithful account of the translation of the Septuagint by an eyewitness, but already in 1522 Luis Vives published a philological analysis of the text in his XXII libros de Civitate Dei Commentaria, in which he suggested that the letter were a forgery, being written by an author living half a century after Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285-246 B.C).

The historical reliability of the Letter was then conclusively questioned by Humphrey Hody (1685), who also published in 1692 a new edition of the Greek text with Latin translation, and in 1705 a 2nd ed. of his dissertation, in which he replied to his critics, in particular to Isaac Vossius.

What could be considered the first critical edition of the document was published in 1870 by M. Schmidt, until the definitive edition by Henry St. John Thackeray in 1902.

In Depth

See also Septuagint.

References

External links

Online Greek text

Online Translations

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