창세기 9:27의 유대 사상

Therefore, this nation [Greece] sought to have the Rabbis write for them a Greek Torah, as is explained in the Tractace Megillah (Megillah 9a) [This is a fascinating Gemara, so we must bring it for you to see:"There was an incident involving King Ptolemy, who assembled seventy-two Elders from the Sages of Israel, and put them into seventy-two separate rooms, and did not reveal to them for what purpose he assembled them, so that they would not coordinate their responses. He entered and approached each and every one, and said to each of them: Write for me a translation of the Torah of Moses your teacher. The Holy One, Blessed be He, placed wisdom in the heart of each and every one, and they all agreed to one common understanding. Not only did they all translate the text correctly, they all introduced the same changes into the translated text.]. Even though this nation [Greece] certainly has no portion in the Torah, as we have said, in any event they sought to write for themselves a Torah in their own language [Greek], for this would express that wisdom is suitable for them more than any other nation. This is what Chazal [the Rabbis of the Talmud] (Megillah 9b): "Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Abba said: This is the reason [that we allow a Sefer Torah to be written in Greek], as it is written (Bereshit 9:27): "יפת אלוק'ם ליפת" “God shall enlarge/extend Japheth” [יפת is etymologically similar to the Hebrew term for beauty (יפה)]. The beauty of Japheth shall be in the tents of Shem." Which is to say, from the beauty of the children of Japheth, which is the Greek language, which is exceedingly beautiful [see Rashi on this Gemara], and meanwhile the Torah dwells in the tents of Shem, for it is permissible to have the Torah in their language. And all of this is because they [the Greeks] have exceeding wisdom compared to all other nations. And this comparative closeness itself was the cause of them wanting to annihilate the Torah, for a man is does not become jealous except of a man who resembles himself. Therefore, they [the Greeks] wanted to annihilate the Torah.