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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 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...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
This is the world Megillat Antiochus throws us into. The story begins with a chilling proposition, whispered amongst the advisors of King Antiochus. "Come now," they urged, "let us...
He was about to march headfirst into a battle he probably couldn't win. But first, a little context. We're diving into the world of Megillat Antiochus, also known as the Scroll of ...
He’s not exactly a household name like, say, Antiochus. But in the little-known scroll called Megillat Antiochus – the Scroll of Antiochus – he plays a pretty nasty role. Think of ...
