155 passages in Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha
Individual passages from Letter of Aristeas, shown in source order. Page 4 of 4.
That question has been nagging at me lately, especially after diving into the Letter of Aristeas. This text, purporting to be a first-hand account of the translation of the Hebrew ...
The Letter of Aristeas describes a discipline of the royal court that the author finds remarkable. From the moment the king began to transact business in the morning until the hour...
The Letter of Aristeas gives us a fascinating glimpse into this world. Our story picks up with Demetrius, the chief librarian of Alexandria. Imagine him, a man surrounded by scroll...
Letter of Aristeas turns to How the Septuagint Translators Spent Their Days. So, what was a typical day like for these luminaries? Well, according to the Letter of Aristeas, their ...
Take hand-washing, for example. We do it all the time, but have you ever stopped to think about what it really means? The Letter of Aristeas gives us a glimpse into just that. This...
At its heart lies a fascinating question: what happens when a sacred text meets a new culture? Our window into this world is the Letter of Aristeas, a text itself shrouded in a bit...
More than just inspiration, more than just beautiful writing. Sometimes, it takes a good old-fashioned curse. I’m talking about the story of the Septuagint, the Greek translation o...
The Letter of Aristeas gives us a glimpse into that world, a world where messing with holy scripture wasn't just frowned upon, it could have… consequences. The Letter of Aristeas, ...
Letter of Aristeas turns to King Ptolemy in Jewish Tradition. The Letter of Aristeas, if you haven't encountered it before, purports to be a letter written by Aristeas, an official...
The Letter of Aristeas tells us all about it. Our story involves Ptolemy Philadelphus, the King of Egypt in the 3rd century BCE, and his grand plan to include Jewish law in his fam...
It’s about bridging worlds. And sometimes, it takes a king's ransom to make it happen. The Letter of Aristeas, an ancient text, gives us a peek behind the curtain of one of the mos...
