ASSIMILATION IN ALEXANDRIA: WHY JEWS MADE THE FIRST GREEK BIBLE Daniel B. Levine University of Arkansas April 11, 2013
Istanbul Archaeological Museum
Temple Warning Istanbul Archaeological Museum
Transcription attempt: The Thanatos Inscription from Herod’s Temple
Temple Warning Inscription Plaster Cast, Restored. (Museo della Civiltà Romana)
Herod Jerusalem Temple Inscription ΜHΘΕΝΑ ΑΛΛΟΓΕΝΗ ΕΙΣΠΟΡΕΥΕΣΘΑΙ ΕΝΤΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΠΕΡΙ ΤΟ ΙΕΡΟΝ ΤΡΥΦΑΚΤΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΕΡΙΒΟΛΟΥ. ΟΣ Δ' ΑΝ ΛΗΦΘΗ ΕΑΥΤΩΙ ΑΙΤΙΟΣ ΕΣΤΑΙ ΔΙΑ ΤΟ ΕΞΑΚΟΛΟΥΘΕΙΝ ΘΑΝΑΤΟΝ. "No one born elsewhere (i.e., a non Jew) is to go within the railing around the temple or the enclosure. And whoever is caught (doing so) will be responsible to himself for the death that will follow."
Siloam Inscription: Earliest Hebrew. Istanbul Archaeological Museum
Aramaic Alphabet
Alexandria and the Near East
Jewish Catacomb Epitaph. Monteverde, Rome. 1-3 Cent. CE. (copy: Museo della Civiltà Romana; Original in Vatican Museum) “Here Lies Primitiva With Her Grandson Euphrenon. May Their Rest be in Peace.” Jewish symbols: Menorah, Lulav, Etrog.
Alexandria and Pharos Island
Alexandria: Port
Restoration: Library Alexandria
Pharos, Alexandria
Oxyrhinchus Papyrus Iliad ,
The Septuagint (LXX) Greek Bible 1709 Printed Edition
Analyzing Aristeas Cover Illustration: Ptolemy II Philadelphus sends a Letter to the High Priest Eleazar. Codex Vaticanus Graecus 7G7, fol. 6r (atb)
ε ἰ δότες ἥ ν ἔ χεις φιλομάθειαν ε ἰ ς τ ὰ χρήσιμα. “Knowing how much you love to learn useful things.” (Aristeas, 300)