Greek vs. Hebrew
c stirling bartholomew
cc.constantine at worldnet.att.net
Sun Dec 30 01:14:04 EST 2001
An additional thought on LXX and textual criticism of the MT.
on 12/29/01 9:03 PM, Theodore H. Mann wrote:
> From earlier posts I have learned that the Greek OT predates the earliest
> copy of the MT by a number of centuries. I'm interested to know how OT
> textual critics weigh these two sources. That is, for example, is the
> Greek OT generally considered more authoritative because it is closer in
> time to the autographs than the later MT?
If E. Tov is too dry for your tastes (He is dry, but I like my Bombay Rose
straight, doesn't everyone?) anyway if you find Tov heavy sledding then get
yourself a personal copy of:
Invitation to the Septuagint / Karen H. Jobes and Moisés Silva. Pub info
Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic ; Carlisle, Cumbria, U.K. :
Paternoster, c2000.
This book isn't all that easy either but it targeted at a different audience
than most of Tov's stuff. It talks a lot about textual criticism of the
LXX/MT. Someone wrote a review on it last year, see the TC forum for
details.
Clay
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