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The legend describes how Ptolemy Philadelphus commissioned 72 Jewish scribes to translate the sacred Hebrew scriptures for his famous library in Alexandria, and how the scribes, working independently, produced identical Greek versions. All versions of the legend are included in this volume.Wasserstein, Abraham is the author of 'Legend of the Septuagint From Classical Antiquity to Today', published 2006 under ISBN 9780521854955 and ISBN 0521854954.
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