Jewish Greek allusion in theory and in practice: Aristobulus and the Letter of Aristeas

This article examines how two Jewish Greek prose writers refer to aspects of the Greek and Jewish literary traditions. The first section studies the fragments of Aristobulus and the multiple models of reading and making meaning that they exhibit and the extent to which this aimed at aligning Greek a...

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Main Author: Leventhal, Max ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2022
In: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Year: 2022, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 127-146
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Aristobulus, Iudaeus ca. 2 BC. Jh. / Aristeas, Historicus ca. 2 BC./1. Jh. / Hellenism / Intention
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Greek literature
B Aristeas
B Aristobulus
B Allusion
B Septuagint
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Summary:This article examines how two Jewish Greek prose writers refer to aspects of the Greek and Jewish literary traditions. The first section studies the fragments of Aristobulus and the multiple models of reading and making meaning that they exhibit and the extent to which this aimed at aligning Greek and Jewish ideas. In the second section, I turn to the Letter of Aristeas. In this text, I propose that an application of Aristobulus’s theorizing can be observed in practice. Through three case studies of under-appreciated and previously unobserved allusions, I demonstrate that the entire range of allusive strategies implied by Aristobulus’s discussions are to be found in the Letter’s narrative and I argue that their use demands a readership able to set Greek and Jewish literary traditions in various configurations. What will emerge is a Jewish Greek literature attuned to the cultural politics of allusion.
ISSN:1745-5286
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/09518207221124493