Nach:

Esther 

Collections: Rabbi Etshalom Megilas Esther

Description

The 2nd c. BCE translation of the Torah into Greek, done by and for the Alexandrian community of Jews, expanded to include the entire Tanakh. Although generally a relatively loyal literal translation of the text, there are six significant additions to the Greek version of the text - not only is the content of these additions surprising, but where they show up a thousand years later is even more surprising...