25 days ago by TOvermiller

Early in 1947, Muhammed adh-Dhib made an unexpected, monumental discovery in a cave at the site now called Qumran. His discovery uncovered as many as eight scrolls dating back to the first century B.C. These scrolls included portions of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers. We call these scrolls, ...

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28 days ago by John

At LXX Studies we will more than likely never be the first to break a story to the public, but hopefully we will be able to offer sound reflection on some of the more newsworthy items from the perspective of the Ancient Versions. This past week, there was some hype due to an announcement that Ellen ...

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76 days ago by John

In this post, I comment on the nature of the translation of the Syriac Peshitta (S) in Qoheleth, which is an important consideration when trying to determine whether S is dependent on the Septuagint (G). The Former Thesis At an earlier time in research, scholars considered S to be a daughter version ...

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80 days ago by John

I realize I have not been posting frequently, but I can say that I have been making progress in preparation for comprehensive exams, and I have been bringing long standing projects to a close. One of those projects is my work on the relationship of the Peshitta of Qoheleth to the Septuagint of Eccle ...

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88 days ago by Fr. Ted

The Prophet Moses As is well known historically, somewhere about 200 years before the time of Christ the Jews translated their Scriptures into the Greek language. This translation was called the Septuagint (normally abbreviated as LXX). It was a well respected document throughout the ancient world i ...

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91 days ago by Carl Gobelman

Question 131764: Has the Bible ever been redacted by later biblical writers? One example I am thinking of comes from Genesis 11:31, where the text states that Terah, Abram, Lot and Sarai left Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. Since the Chaldeans did not inhabit this area at this time, should it b ...

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155 days ago by John

In the last post, we considered the different vocalizations between the MT and Symm. and the rest of the OT tradition. The former witnesses preserve a noun nega’, while the latter witnesses contained a verb for the consonants נגע. In this post, the textual variant comes to the fore. The last post co ...

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157 days ago by John

Introduction to the Problem In the last post on Ecclesiastes 2:12, I concluded that although the LXX appeared to have a different parent text than the MT, the LXX actually witnessed to the same consonantal text as represented in the MT. In Isaiah 53:8d, I want to explore an example where the LXX has ...

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160 days ago by John

Prima facie there are significant differences between the Masoretic Text and the Septuagint, which lead one to think that the LXX was translated from a radically different text than the MT. However, many of these differences arise from the translation technique of the LXX translator; ergo, the diffe ...

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161 days ago by John

Well, I have finished reading the first two chapters of Job in the MT and the LXX with some spot readings from the Peshitta along the way. I’m struck by differences between the LXX and MT, particularly the plus in LXX Job 2:9, which I will comment on later. However, the differences do strike me as d ...

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