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This text consists of a number of wisdom sayings, attributed to Menander the Sage. There is no clear connection to a parallel collection of sayings in Greek. Nevertheless it is usually thought that the work must be a translation of some Greek text, and that the work was originally written in the early Roman period, perhaps in Egypt. The text shows a few signs of Jewish influence, and no sign of Christian teaching. | This text consists of a number of wisdom sayings, attributed to Menander the Sage. There is no clear connection to a parallel collection of sayings in Greek. Nevertheless it is usually thought that the work must be a translation of some Greek text, and that the work was originally written in the early Roman period, perhaps in Egypt. The text shows a few signs of Jewish influence, and no sign of Christian teaching. | ||
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| + | * There seems to have been some publication in 1862, of which I have no other details but the title: ''Menandri Sapientis Sententiae, e codice saeculi septimi latine redditae.'' and that it contained Syriac and Latin. | ||
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| + | * T. Baarda, in J.H. Charlesworth (ed.), ''The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha'', vol. 2 (1985), pp. 591-606. English translation with good introduction. | ||
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This text consists of a number of wisdom sayings, attributed to Menander the Sage. There is no clear connection to a parallel collection of sayings in Greek. Nevertheless it is usually thought that the work must be a translation of some Greek text, and that the work was originally written in the early Roman period, perhaps in Egypt. The text shows a few signs of Jewish influence, and no sign of Christian teaching.
Bibliography
- There seems to have been some publication in 1862, of which I have no other details but the title: Menandri Sapientis Sententiae, e codice saeculi septimi latine redditae. and that it contained Syriac and Latin.
- T. Baarda, in J.H. Charlesworth (ed.), The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, vol. 2 (1985), pp. 591-606. English translation with good introduction.
