HIST 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Jewish Diaspora, Septuagint, Essenes
7 Feb 2018
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Even ecclestiasticus (ben sirach) includes aphorisms deriving from aesop, euripides and others. Greek influence clear on apocryphal works such as tobit and judith. Essenes and dead sea scrolls brotherhood were remarkably like pythagorean fraternities. Seem to be millions of jews in the roman empire and north africa. We hear of tensions between jews and greeks (native population) Avoids writing the name of god (4 letters) Shows that judaism accords with the highest values of greek culture and wisdom. Close to if not equal to the original text. Narrow the gap between jews and hellenistic neighbours. Translators are learned in jewish and greek wisdom. Dispute over whether one had to live in the holy land and speak hebrew in order to be jewish. Egypt = more than 75% of known personal names were greek. Holy land was where the messiah would appear. Often had to go to temple to offer certain sacrifice for events such as birth of child.
