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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 494 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ARISTEAS , the pseudonymous author of a famous See also:

LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

Letter in which is described, in legendary See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form, the origin of the See also:

Greek See also:

TRANSLATION

translation of the Old Testament known as the See also:

SEPTUAGINT, THE (Gr. of 0', Lat. LXX.)

Septuagint (q.v.). Aristeas represents himself as a See also:

Gentile Greek, but was really an Alexandrian See also:

JEW, THE WANDERING

Jew who lived under one of the later See also:

PTOLEMIES

Ptolemies. Though the Letter is unauthentic, it is now recognized as a useful source of See also:

INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information concerning both See also:

EGYPTIAN

Egyptian and Palestinian affairs in the 2nd and possibly in the 3rd See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C. An See also:

ENGLISH

English translation, based on a See also:

CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical Greek See also:

TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text, was published by H. St J. See also:

THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE (1811-1863)

Thackeray in the Jewish Quarterly See also:

REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review, vol. xv. There are two See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

EDITIONS

editions of the Greek, one by the last named (in Swete's Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek, See also:

Cambridge, 1900), the other by P. Wendland (See also:

LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1900).

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