The library in Alexandria and the Bible in Greek /

Ancient evidence reveals that the earliest, written translation of the Bible in Greek was completed in Alexandria in 281 BCE, probably by seventy-one scholars, invited especially from Judaea by Ptolemy II. The work was organised by Demetrius of Phalerum, the trusted librarian of Ptolemy II, and the...

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Main Author: Collins, Nina L.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2000.

Series: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, v. 82
Vetus Testamentum, Supplements 82.
Vetus Testamentum Supplements Online, ISBN: 9789004264991.

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Demetrius, > of Phaleron, > approximately 350 B.C.-

Alexandrian Library.

Bible. > Old Testament. > Greek > Versions > Septuagint.

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