Law, Prophets, and Wisdom

For a long time it has been the prevailing view that the books of the
Greek Bible, the Septuagint, all originated in Alexandria, the famous
city in Egypt, founded by Alexander the Great. However, in recent
research it has become clear that this idea cannot be taken for granted
for every translation unit. In this joint publication the provenance
issue is dealt with regarding the following books, or set of books, in
the Septuatint Version: Pentateuch, Isaiah, Proverbs, and Job. Both
internal and external data are brought to the fore for making an attempt
to determine the provenance of these books. Since a translation could
have been made in Egypt by a Jewish scholar who came from Palestine, as
was the case with the work of Ben Sira, attention is also paid to the
provenance of the translators. This study aims at contributing to the
research of books of the Greek Bible within the historical and cultural
setting of their time.