Tessa Rajak is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at the University of Reading, and Member of the Jewish Studies Unit, Oxford University.

The nine chapters of this very fine study are devoted to what in Rajak's view are the key elements of the creation,transmission and survival of the Septuagin, but they can also be appreciated without connection to the overall theory ... Tessa Rajak expresses her thoughts with exemplary clarity and in beautiful,often poetical English.

• Introduction ; 1. The Letter of Aristeas between History and Myth ; 2. Going Greek: Culture and Power in Ptolemaic Alexandria ; 3. The Jewish Diaspora in Graeco-Roman Antiquity ; 4. Staying Jewish: Language and Identity in the Greek Bible ; 5. Themes of Power and Subversion in the Greek Bible ; 6. The Uses of Scripture in Hellenistic Judaism ; 7. Scripture in Action: Parallels and Myths ; 8. The Bible among Greeks and Romans ; 9. The Septuagint between Jews and Christians

Tessa Rajak is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at the University of Reading, and Member of the Jewish Studies Unit, Oxford University.

The nine chapters of this very fine study are devoted to what in Rajak's view are the key elements of the creation,transmission and survival of the Septuagin, but they can also be appreciated without connection to the overall theory ... Tessa Rajak expresses her thoughts with exemplary clarity and in beautiful,often poetical English.

• Introduction ; 1. The Letter of Aristeas between History and Myth ; 2. Going Greek: Culture and Power in Ptolemaic Alexandria ; 3. The Jewish Diaspora in Graeco-Roman Antiquity ; 4. Staying Jewish: Language and Identity in the Greek Bible ; 5. Themes of Power and Subversion in the Greek Bible ; 6. The Uses of Scripture in Hellenistic Judaism ; 7. Scripture in Action: Parallels and Myths ; 8. The Bible among Greeks and Romans ; 9. The Septuagint between Jews and Christians

Tessa Rajak is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at the University of Reading, and Member of the Jewish Studies Unit, Oxford University.

The nine chapters of this very fine study are devoted to what in Rajak's view are the key elements of the creation,transmission and survival of the Septuagin, but they can also be appreciated without connection to the overall theory ... Tessa Rajak expresses her thoughts with exemplary clarity and in beautiful,often poetical English.

• Introduction ; 1. The Letter of Aristeas between History and Myth ; 2. Going Greek: Culture and Power in Ptolemaic Alexandria ; 3. The Jewish Diaspora in Graeco-Roman Antiquity ; 4. Staying Jewish: Language and Identity in the Greek Bible ; 5. Themes of Power and Subversion in the Greek Bible ; 6. The Uses of Scripture in Hellenistic Judaism ; 7. Scripture in Action: Parallels and Myths ; 8. The Bible among Greeks and Romans ; 9. The Septuagint between Jews and Christians