The seventy-two elders of Aristeas: An evaluation of speculation
The Letter of Aristeas recounts the translation of the Jewish Law into Greek by seventy-two Jewish elders. That number of elders (seventy-two) has been the subject of considerable discussion, and several competing explanations for the origin of the number have been proposed. Some scholars claim the...
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Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2019, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 36-53 |
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Aristeas, Epistolographus, Ad Philocratem
/ Old Testament
/ Greek language
/ Elder
/ Number
/ Grammar
/ Arithmetic
/ Bible. Exodus 24
/ Bible. Numeri 11
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B Letter of Aristeas B Allusion B Elders B Epiphanius B Exodus |
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