Sunday, 4 January 2015

Translation of the Torah into Greek for King Ptolemy

A Sefer Torah rolled to the Song of the sea.
A Sefer Torah rolled to the Song of the sea. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Seventy sages translated the Torah into Greek for King Ptolemy. That day was as difficult for the people of Israel as the day on which the [Golden] Calf was made; for the Torah could not be properly translated

- Talmud, tractate Sefer Torah 1:8
 
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