Letter of Aristeas to Philocrates
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Megillah 9a
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Leviticus 19:18
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1 Corinthians 13:2
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Date: 200-150 B.C.E.
The Letter of Aristeas to Philocrates is a Hellenistic work of the 3rd or early 2nd century B.C.E. It purports to describe the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible by seventy-two interpreters sent into Egypt from Jerusalem at the request of the librarian of Alexandria, which resulted in the translation known as the Septuagint.
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