BIB 691 A - The Septuagint and Law

With the translation fo the Torah from Hebrew into Greek, Greek-speaking Jewish communities could now reflect on the applicability and reach of this version of Sacred Law. This course deals with these two questions: 1. What range of translational approaches were taken to produce a Greek version of the Torah, and what did it communicate as legal document? 2. What do we know about the conception of "Law" held by Greek-speaking Jewish communities?