Law, Prophets, and Wisdom: On the Provenance of Translators and their Books in the Septuagint Version [Paperback]

For a long time it has been the prevailing view that the books of theGreek Bible, the Septuagint, all originated in Alexandria, the famouscity in Egypt, founded by Alexander the Great. However, in recentresearch it has become clear that this idea cannot be taken for grantedfor every translation unit. In this joint publication the provenanceissue is dealt with regarding the following books, or set of books, inthe Septuatint Version: Pentateuch, Isaiah, Proverbs, and Job. Bothinternal and external data are brought to the fore for making an attemptto determine the provenance of these books. Since a translation couldhave been made in Egypt by a Jewish scholar who came from Palestine, aswas the case with the work of Ben Sira, attention is also paid to theprovenance of the translators. This study aims at contributing to theresearch of books of the Greek Bible within the historical and culturalsetting of their time.