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The Septuagintal Paideia and the Construction of a Jewish Identity during the Late Hellenistic and Early Roman Period
- The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Volume 81, Number 1, January 2019
- pp. 33-45
- 10.1353/cbq.2019.0049
- Article
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Abstract:
The systematic rendering of by παιδεύω and παιδεία in the Septuagint allowed a merging of the divine correction as found in Deut 8:5 or Prov 3:12 with the classical meaning of παιδεία, "education" or "culture." Such merging occurred later than is usually assumed but can be detected in 2 Maccabees, Psalms of Solomon, and Wisdom of Solomon. This phenomenon is the witness to the construction of a specific Jewish identity during the late Hellenistic and early Roman period.