The fictitious name given to the Jewish author of a letter of unknown date purporting to describe how the Septuagint (LXX) was miraculously translated from the Hebrew by seventy scholars in seventy days.
Citation for Aristeas
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"Aristeas." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. May 21, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e155>.
Chicago
"Aristeas." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e155 (accessed May 21, 2013).