Did Artapanus Use the Septuagint
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10907452 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jason D Hitchcock (Marquette University Milwaukee, WI United States, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-18 |
| Publication date | 2020-02-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Study of Judaism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2212 • E-ISSN: 1570-0631 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15700631-12511304 |
| OpenAlex | W3007361360 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
Many contend that the Hellenistic-era author Artapanus employed the LXX translation, albeit in relatively liberal fashion. Departures from LXX narratives are attributed to his literary and apologetic interests. Although he may have relied upon a combination of oral and written sources, most scholars presuppose his primary reliance upon the LXX . This paper evaluates arguments for Artapanus’s use of the LXX , highlighting the paucity of decisive verbal links and weakness of other proposed linguistic correspondences, and attributing the emergence of similar Greek naming conventions between Artapanus and the LXX to the shared Egyptian provenance. These findings challenge the prevailing consensus concerning Artapanus’s source for Jewish traditions
Art · Jewish studies · Judaism · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Sociology · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Botanical Research and Chemistry · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |