Aquila, of Pontus

LC control no.	n 96116126
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Aquila, of Pontus *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Akilas, active 2nd century Aquila, Ponticus, active 2nd century Ponticus, Aquila, active 2nd century Aquila, of Sinope, active 2nd century
Associated country	Pontus
Located	Sinop (Turkey)
Field of activity	Bible--Translating Translating and interpreting
Profession or occupation	Translators
Found in	LC database, December 3, 1996 (hdg.: Aquila, of Pontus; usage: Aquila) New Catholic encyclopedia: volume 2, page 429 (under Bible, IV (Texts and versions): Aquila; Jewish proselyte from Pontus, reviser of the Septuagint Greek Old Testament, said to have flourished under the Emperor Hadrian; his work would thus have reached its final form in the years 132 to 135; he is known to Talmudic tradition as Onkelos; Aquila's version was included by Origen in his Hexapla) Encyclopedia Britannica (Aquila; also called Akilas; flourished 2nd century) Encyclopedia Americana (Aquila of Pontus, known as Aquila Ponticus; 2nd century convert to Christianity; known for a translation of the Old Testament into Greek) Wikipedia, viewed November 21, 2019 (Aquila of Sinope; Aquila; he was from Sinope (modern-day Sinop, in Turkey); Aquila Ponticus; translator of the Old Testament into Greek, a proselyte, and disciple of Rabbi Akiva; opinions differ on whether he was the same person as Onkelos, who composed the leading Aramaic translation of the Pentateuch) Barthelemy, Dominique. Les devanciers d'Aquila, 1963: title page (Aquila) page ix (Origen, in his Hexapla, juxtaposed the Septuagint with versions attributed to Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion) page 15 (le prosélyte Aquila)
Associated language	heb grc