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The Book of Tobit, a beautiful and often overlooked story from the Apocrypha, tells of a righteous man living in exile in Nineveh. He's committed to burying the dead, a sacred act ...
It recounts the story of how the Septuagint – the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible – came to be. And tucked within that grand narrative, we find a little gem about the importa...
That’s the backdrop for our story, which comes to us from the Letter of Aristeas, a fascinating document that purports to tell the story of how the Septuagint – that's the Greek tr...
The Letter of Aristeas gives us a fascinating glimpse into this very issue, specifically concerning the Jewish people in the ancient world. The story goes that King Ptolemy II Phil...
But that’s exactly the kind of tale that swirls around the translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, a story preserved for us in the Letter of Aristeas. The Letter of Aristeas, i...
Let’s set the stage. We’re in the thick of the Maccabean revolt, a period of intense struggle for Jewish religious freedom against the Seleucid Empire. King Antiochus's forces, eag...
Specifically, Chapter 8. The text paints a picture for us, a portrait delivered to Judas Maccabeus himself. It details the utter dominance of Rome. It speaks of how they "destroyed...
We get a fascinating glimpse in the Book of Maccabees. Not the books we usually think of – the ones telling the Chanukah story – but other books that offer a wider view of the worl...
It’s a fascinating moment, isn't it? A handshake across cultures, across empires, captured in ancient text. Specifically, we're looking at Maccabees I, chapter 8. It's a short but ...
