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The Constantinople Pentateuch and Medieval Jewish Use of Greek Biblical Texts

The Late Antique period was characterized both by textual plurality of the Hebrew Bible and numerous concomitantly circulating translations of the Scripture into Greek. Scholars tend to agree that with increasing standardization of the Hebrew Bible and the emergence of the Masoretic Text (MT), editorial activity in the field of Greek translations concentrated on creating the versions that were closer to Hebrew. Numerous attempts have been undertaken to establish whether the emergence of new versions caused older ones to be forgotten; which of the Greek translations continued to enjoy popularity among the Greek-speaking Jews in post-Hellenistic times; and what was the ultimate fate of these translations. The present chapter surveys the afterlife of Greek biblical texts in Byzantine and medieval Jewish communities.