Letter of Aristeas
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The Letter of Aristeas is a Hellenistic Jewish pseudepigraphal work that narrates the legendary origins of the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible known as the Septuagint.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Letter of Aristeas canonical | 6 |
| Book of the Seventy | 1 |
| Epistle of Aristeas | 1 |
| Hellenistic Jewish literature | 1 |
| Letter of Aristeas to Philocrates | 1 |
| Pseudepigrapha | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Letter of Aristeas Context triple: [Hellenistic Jews, notableWork, Letter of Aristeas]
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A.
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca is an ancient Greek mythographical handbook that systematically compiles and summarizes the major myths and genealogies of Greek mythology.
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B.
Book of Sirach
The Book of Sirach is a deuterocanonical Jewish wisdom text offering practical moral instruction and reflections on piety, ethics, and the law.
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C.
Book of Wisdom
The Book of Wisdom is a deuterocanonical biblical text that offers poetic reflections on divine wisdom, righteousness, and the fate of the just and unjust.
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D.
Protoevangelium of James
The Protoevangelium of James is a second-century apocryphal gospel that elaborates on the early life of the Virgin Mary and the birth of Jesus, significantly shaping later Christian traditions about Mary and her parents.
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E.
Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest and most complete surviving manuscripts of the Christian Bible, written in Greek on parchment in the 4th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Letter of Aristeas Target entity description: The Letter of Aristeas is a Hellenistic Jewish pseudepigraphal work that narrates the legendary origins of the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible known as the Septuagint.
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A.
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca is an ancient Greek mythographical handbook that systematically compiles and summarizes the major myths and genealogies of Greek mythology.
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B.
Book of Sirach
The Book of Sirach is a deuterocanonical Jewish wisdom text offering practical moral instruction and reflections on piety, ethics, and the law.
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C.
Book of Wisdom
The Book of Wisdom is a deuterocanonical biblical text that offers poetic reflections on divine wisdom, righteousness, and the fate of the just and unjust.
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D.
Protoevangelium of James
The Protoevangelium of James is a second-century apocryphal gospel that elaborates on the early life of the Virgin Mary and the birth of Jesus, significantly shaping later Christian traditions about Mary and her parents.
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E.
Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest and most complete surviving manuscripts of the Christian Bible, written in Greek on parchment in the 4th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic Jewish text
ⓘ
ancient Greek prose work ⓘ pseudepigraphal work ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Letter of Aristeas
ⓘ
surface form:
Epistle of Aristeas
|
| associatedWith |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Library of Alexandria ⓘ Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemaic dynasty
Septuagint ⓘ Torah ⓘ |
| claimsNumberOfTranslators |
70
ⓘ
72 ⓘ |
| claimsToBeAddressedTo | Philocrates ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 3rd–2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| describes |
Ptolemaic Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
court of Ptolemaic Egypt
legendary origins of the Septuagint ⓘ Library of Alexandria ⓘ
surface form:
library of Alexandria
translation of the Torah into Greek ⓘ |
| describesEvent |
commissioning of Greek translation of the Law
ⓘ
sending of Jewish elders from Jerusalem to Alexandria ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Eleazar the priest
ⓘ
surface form:
Eleazar the high priest
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ⓘ seventy-two translators ⓘ |
| genre |
apologetic literature
ⓘ
epistolary narrative ⓘ historical romance ⓘ |
| influenced | later accounts of the origin of the Septuagint ⓘ |
| language |
Greek
ⓘ
Koine Greek ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Hellenistic Judaism ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Jewish law and customs
ⓘ
origin of the Septuagint ⓘ relations between Jews and Hellenistic rulers ⓘ translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek ⓘ |
| narratorRole | courtier of Ptolemy II Philadelphus ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Alexandria ⓘ |
| preservedIn | Christian manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| purportedAuthor | Aristeas ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| scholarlyAssessment |
considered important for understanding Hellenistic Judaism
ⓘ
not considered historically reliable in detail ⓘ |
| setting |
Alexandria
ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemaic Egypt
|
| theme |
divine inspiration of the Septuagint
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harmony between Jewish and Greek culture ⓘ praise of Jewish law ⓘ universal wisdom of the Torah ⓘ |
| title | Letter of Aristeas self-link ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Church Fathers
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early Christian authors ⓘ |
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Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pseudepigrapha
this entity surface form:
Epistle of Aristeas
this entity surface form:
Hellenistic Jewish literature
this entity surface form:
Letter of Aristeas to Philocrates
this entity surface form:
Book of the Seventy