Aesop and Jotham's Parable of the Trees (Judges 9:8-15)

Recent scholarship has entertained the possibility that Jotham's Parable of the Trees (Judg 9:8-15) is derived from the Greek text of one of Aesop's Fables (Perry 262). This article refutes this notion, tracing the dependence of Aesop's fable on one Septuagint tradition, which itself...

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Published in:Vetus Testamentum
Main Author: Margulies, Zachary (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2019, Volume: 69, Issue: 1, Pages: 81-94
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Judge 9,8-15 / Old Testament / Äsopische Fabel / Trees / Parable (Literature)
RelBib Classification:HB Old Testament
TB Antiquity
Further subjects:B Hebrew Bible
B jotham
B Aesop
B Parable
B Fable
B Judges
B Old Testament
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