Translation and survival : the Greek Bible of the ancient Jewish Diaspora
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Translation and survival : the Greek Bible of the ancient Jewish Diaspora
Oxford University Press, 2009
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Translation & survival
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. [314]-365
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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The translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek was the first major translation in Western culture. Its significance was far-reaching but largely forgotten. Without a Greek Bible, European history would have been entirely different - no Western Jewish diaspora and no Christianity. Translation and Survival is a radical new study of the ancient creators and receivers of the translations and of their impact. The Greek Bible sustained Jews who spoke Greek and
made the survival of the first Jewish diaspora possible: indeed, the translators invented the term 'diaspora'. The translations were a tool for the preservation of group identity and for the expression of resistance. They devised a new kind of language: many of the words they coined are still with us. The Greek
Bible translations ended up as the Christian Septuagint, taken over along with the entire heritage of Hellenistic Judaism when the Church parted from the Synagogue. Here, a brilliant creation is restored to its first owners, and to its historical context among Jews, Greeks and Christians.
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. Themes of Power and Subversion in the Greek Bible
- 6. The Uses of Scripture in Hellenistic Judaism
- 7. Scripture in Action: Parallels and Myths
- 8. The Bible among Greeks and Romans
- 9. The Septuagint between Jews and Christians
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