Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Septuagint vs Hebrew, effect on Christianity
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:09:17 -0500
Schmuel wrote:
And you really think it is worthwhile to get into 332-285=47 which is more than
"approximately 35". Harold, are you also going to yell 'liar, liar' on that basis ?
HH: The nature of the comment shows an unreliable
willingness to warp facts. Not only is it actually
at least 47 years from the beginning of Alexandria
to the beginning of the reign of Philadelphus, it
is also more natural to choose a date in the
middle of his reign as an average calculation of
when the translation may have been started.
HH: Wikipedia begins his reign from 281:
Ptolemy II Philadelphus (309–246 BC), was the king
of Ptolemaic Egypt from 281 BC to 246 BC.
HH: Others give similar figures:
E. R. Bevan: The House of Ptolemy • Chap. III
The young man of twenty-five who became sole king
of Egypt in 283 or 282 B.C. is known in history as
Ptolemy "Philadelphus." This surname he never bore
in ...
penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/
Places/Africa/Egypt/_Texts/BEVHOP/3*.html - 94k -
Home - Faculty of Arts at The University of
Auckland, New Zealand
Scholars are invited to attend and contribute 20-
or 40-minute papers on any aspect of Egypt in the
reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (282-246 BC). ...
HH: If the Wikipedia date were used, that would
put the span of time at 51 years, but going to
more average middle of the reign date would add
another 15 or 20 years. This yields almost three
generations of people, granting 25 years to a
generation.
HH: There is every reason to believe that about
three generations into Greek rule and use of the
Greek language, the million or so Jews in
Alexandria would have spoken Greek and would have
needed or benefited from a Greek translation of
the Bible, contrary to the words of Floyd Jones.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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