Translation and Survival: The Greek Bible of the Ancient Jewish Diaspora (2009 Rajak), book

Translation and Survival: The Greek Bible of the Ancient Jewish Diaspora (2009) is a book by Tessa Rajak.

Editions and translations

Published in Oxford [England]: Oxford University Press, 2009.

Table of contents

• Introduction
• 1. The Letter of Aristeas between History and Myth
• 2. Going Greek: Culture and Power in Ptolemaic Alexandria
• 3. The Jewish Diaspora in Graeco-Roman Antiquity
• 4. Staying Jewish: Language and Identity in the Greek Bible
• 5. Representing and Subverting Power
• 6. The Uses of Scripture in Hellenistic Judaism
• 7. Parallels and Models
• 8. The Bible among Greeks and Romans
• 9. The Septuagint Between Jews and Christians

External Links

• Google Books (partial text)