BGU 4, 1132 and the Jewish use of Hellenistic law. Greek text, translation and interpretation
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The aim of this work is, first, to present the first translation from Greek to Spanish of the papyrus BGU 4, 1132, with notes that recover the lexical restorations of the different editors. This translation, and its corresponding annotation, is a novelty among modern studies in Spanish related to BGU 4, 1132. Second, to analyze the Jewish use of the Hellenistic law active in Alexandria during the first years of the Roman Empire through the connection BGU 4, 1132 with the ἀρχεῖον τῶν Ἰουδαίων of BGU 4, 1151 and the examination of the terms συγχώρησις and κριτήριον. Through the translation from Greek to Spanish of BGU 4, 1132, its historical-social contextualization, and its communication with BGU 4, 1151, we will also discuss the possible Jewish identity of the papyrus proper names, and the technical terms that inform about the Jews and the Hellenistic law of the 1st century B.C.
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