Problem: Rise of the Greek Empires and Hellenization
Read: Letter of Aristeas (Excerpts); 1 Enoch 1-36 (Book of the Watchers)
Answer the following:
Q1. How does the Letter of Aristeas represent the translation of the Hebrew scriptures into Greek?
Q2. Is it a normal translation process or miraculous?
Q3. How does the text represent the relationship between Judaism and Greek/Ptolemaic rulers?
Q4. In the Book of the Watchers, what does the after-life look like?
Q5. How has it developed beyond what we have already seen?