...The circumstances surrounding the translation of the Law section are handed down in the Epistle of Aristeas. There are two theories about why it is called the Septuagint (abbreviated LXX, meaning 70 in Latin): one is that it is because the first translation of the Law was done by 72 translators, and the other is that the number 70 means that it is an authoritative translation, as it is an authoritative number in the Old Testament. Currently, it remains in an almost complete form in a Greek booklet in capital letters from the 4th or 5th century, and these have been compared with papyrus from the 2nd century and a critical edition has been published. From the manuscript illustration…From the Hellenistic period onwards, Alexandria became a major centre for the production and collection of manuscripts, and transmitted the tradition of manuscript art to the Roman Empire. The illustrated Greek translation of the Old Testament (Septuaginta) is thought to have been created before Christ. Late antiquity works that evoke the few surviving ancient manuscripts include Virgil (5th century) in the Vatican Library, Dioscorides' De Medica (6th century), and Cotton Genesis (6th century). … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Septuaginta" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…〈律法〉部分の翻訳については《アリステアスの手紙》に成立事情の伝承が残されている。〈セプトゥアギンタSeptuaginta〉(略号LXX,ラテン語で70の意)と呼ばれるのは,最初の〈律法〉の翻訳が72人の翻訳者によったことと関係するとする説と,〈70〉が旧約聖書で権威ある数を示すことによる〈権威的〉翻訳の意であるとの説がある。現在,ほぼ完全な形では,後4,5世紀のギリシア語大文字冊子本に残され,それらと後2世紀のパピルス本などが照合され,校訂版が出版されている。… 【写本画】より…ヘレニズム時代からはアレクサンドリアが写本の制作と収集の一大中心地となり,ローマ帝国に写本芸術の伝統を伝えた。挿絵入りのギリシア語訳旧約聖書(セプトゥアギンタSeptuaginta)もすでに紀元前に成立していたと考えられる。現存例の少ない古代の写本をしのばせる古代末期の作品として,バチカン図書館蔵《ウェルギリウス》(5世紀),ディオスコリデス著《薬物誌》(6世紀),《コットン創世記》(6世紀)などがあげられる。… ※「《Septuaginta》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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