תַּלְמַי II (Hebrew adaptation) p. n. m. Ptolemæus. Ptolemy, 1) King of Adiabene, father of Monobazus and Izates. Gen. R. s. 46 (Jos. Ant. XX, 2, 1 Monobazus), v. מוּנְבָּז —2) king of Egypt (Ptolemy II Philadelphus), during whose reign the Septuagint is said to have been produced. Treat. Sof’rim I, 7 מעשה בחמשה … לת׳ המלך וכ׳ it occurred that five elders wrote the Torah in Greek for King Ptolemy, and that day was as ominous for Israel as &c. Ib. 8 שוב מעשה בת׳ וכ׳ another time it occurred that King P. assembled seventy-two elders &c.; Meg. 9ᵃ. Ib.; Y. ib. I, 71ᵈ bot. שלשה … לת׳ המלך thirteen passages the scholars changed (in their translation) for King P.; Gen. R. s. 38 (ref. to Gen. XI, 7) זה … לת׳ המלך this is one of the texts they changed for King P.; a. fr.
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תַּלְמַי II (Hebrew adaptation) p. n. m. Ptolemæus. Ptolemy , 1) King of Adiabene, father of Monobazus and Izates. Gen. R. s. 46 (Jos. Ant. XX, 2, 1…
References
- Bereishit Rabbah 46:10
- Jastrow, מוּנְבָּז 1
- Tractate Soferim 1:7
- Tractate Soferim 1:8
- Megillah 9a
- Bereishit Rabbah 38
- Genesis 11:7