The Demetrius's Letter Of Aristeas

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This context talks about the Demetrius who tried his best to collect all the books in the world for the king. He thought that Jewish law are deserved to put in the library and he asked the king to help him on the translation from Hebrew into Greek. Then the asked to pick six people from each sects to help him to do the work. There were total seventy two scholars and they finished the work together in seventy two days. It also called Septuagint. It was the earliest translation of the old treatment of the Bible. In the letter of Aristeas, it shows that there is only one God and Jewish started to absorb Greek culture. The authenticity of this book is still controversial. Some scholars believed that this book was forged. However, it became the

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