Leviathan · Character
Ptolomaeus Philadelphus
Ptolemaic king of Egypt who commissioned the Septuagint translation.
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First appearance: part i of man
Ptolomaeus Philadelphus shows up with force in XXXIII: Of the Number, Antiquity, Scope, Authority, and Interpreters of the Books of Holy Scripture. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Ptolemy, king of Egypt, is mentioned as the one who commissioned the Septuagint translation of the Jewish law into Greek.
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In XXXIII: Of the Number, Antiquity, Scope, Authority, and Interpreters of the Books of Holy Scripture: Ptolemy, king of Egypt, is mentioned as the one who commissioned the Septuagint translation of the Jewish law into…
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