ARISTEAS  , the pseudonymous author of a famous See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

Letter in which is described, in legendary See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, the origin of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the Old Testament known as the See also:

• SEPTUAGINT, THE (Gr. of 0', Lat. LXX.)

Septuagint (q.v.) . Aristeas represents himself as a See also:

• GENTILE
• GENTILE, C

Gentile Greek, but was really an Alexandrian See also:

• JEW, THE WANDERING

Jew who lived under one of the later See also:

• PTOLEMIES

Ptolemies . Though the Letter is unauthentic, it is now recognized as a useful source of See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information concerning both See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian and Palestinian affairs in the 2nd and possibly in the 3rd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C . An See also:

• ENGLISH

English translation, based on a See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical Greek See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text, was published by H . St J . See also:

• THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE (1811-1863)

Thackeray in the Jewish Quarterly See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review, vol. xv . There are two See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of the Greek, one by the last named (in Swete's Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, 1900), the other by P . Wendland (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1900) .