Anonymus (Aristeae ad Philocratem epistula)

Biography

There exists a letter to Philocrates transmitted under the pseudonym of a pagan named Aristaeus. This "historical novel" which narrates the translation of the Torah into the Septuagint in Alexandria under Ptolemy II seems to be an apology for Judaism probably dating from the 2nd century B.C..

Anonymus (Aristeae ad Philocratem epistula)
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Group of authors Alexandria, Anonyma