Download or read book Translation and Survival written by Tessa Rajak and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2009-04-09 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek - a work of seminal importance, without which there would have been no Western Jewish disapora, and no Christianity. The book places its production in historical context, and examines its role in the religious culture of Jews in the Mediterranean during this period.