jan 1, 130 BC - Ben Sira translation ~

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c.a 130? The grandson of Ben Sira states in the prologue to the Greek version that he translated his grandfather's work. He probably did this in Alexandria.

The grandson states that he came to Egypt in the thirty-eighth year of the reign of Euergetes. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes must be intended; he ascended the throne in the year 170 BCE, together with his brother Philometor, but he soon became sole ruler of Cyrene, and from 146 to 117 BCE held sway over all Egypt. He dated his reign from the year in which he received the crown (i.e., from 170 BCE). The translator must therefore have gone to Egypt in 132 BCE. His translation work, if done in Egypt, would be some time after his arrival there.

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