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The grandson of Ben Sira signs and dates his translation and admits its risk. The Letter of Aristeas invents a crown-sanctioned miraculous origin for the Septuagint and certifies it.
In plain words
Ben Sira's grandson signs and dates his translation and admits it may fall short; the Letter of Aristeas invents a grand royal origin for the Greek Torah and vouches for it. The letter sets them side by side: honest custody and manufactured custody.
The mechanism
REAL CUSTODY versus MANUFACTURED CUSTODY, side by side — the grandson dated his work and doubted it; Aristeas invented an origin and certified it
How it was checked
- EvidenceT5 INDEPENDENT SECULAR; Status: COMMITTED
- Letter eraTHE PROPHETS AND THE ROAD 776 BC to 4 BC
- Plate — Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Clm 627, manuscript c. 1480 · Public domain · source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aristeas,_Epistula_ad_Philocratem_(BSB_Clm_627).jpg
- SourcesSECULAR RECORD — both texts
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