[b-hebrew] Comparison of the MT and LXX Quotations of Deuteronomy 32
Peter Kirk
peterkirk at qaya.org
Sat Feb 28 14:08:36 EST 2004
On 28/02/2004 09:57, Philip Engmann wrote:
>Comparison of the MT and LXX Quotations of Deuteronomy 32:43
>1. There is a difference between the LXX quotation of Deuteronomy
>32:43 and the MT quotation of Deuteronomy 32:43. The difference is that
>the phrase, 'kai prokunesatwan autw pantes aggeloi theoi' [1], [2], [3],
>[4] exists in LXX Deuteronomy 32:43, but not in MT Deuteronomy 32:43.
>
>2. The Dead Sea Scroll (DSS) 4QDeutq matches the LXX of Deuteronomy
>32:43.
>
>3. According to the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia,[5] in DSS 4QDeutq
>the LXX Deuteronomy 32:43 phrase, 'kai prokunesatwan autw pantes aggeloi
>theoi' is rendered, 'whshthww lo (cl) elohim' vel 'bny xl' in DSS
>4QDeutq.
>
>4. I have been unable to decipher what vel means in the Sigla Et
>Compendia Apparatum of the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia.
>
>5. Does this mean that in DSS 4QDeutq, mlk (meaning aggeloi) is missing
>in DSS 4QDeutq?
>
>
>
As the BHS margin cannot supply the full DSS Hebrew text but offers
alternatives, that seems to suggest that the DSS text is fragmentary,
indicating that there is some text here which is not in MT but giving no
detailed support for the LXX reading.
The LXX text you quote is corrupt or confused. My Rahlfs LXX has two
additional lines. The BHS note seems to correspond to the first one, KAI
PROSKUNHSATWSAN AUTWi PANTES hUIOI QEOU (with PANTES omitted in some
texts). The second added line is quoted in Greek in BHS, and ends PANTES
AGGELOI QEOU.
The New Testament, Hebrews 1:6, may here be an independent witness to
the text. The quotation reads KAI PROSKUNHSATWSAN AUTWi PANTES AGGELOI
QEOU (more or less as you wrote above, but this is not LXX) - and the
use of AGGELOI rather than hUIOI is important to the argument in Hebrews
so is not a textual variant. But this quotation may be based on Psalm
96:7, LXX PROSKUNHSATE AUTWi, PANTES hOI AGGELOI AUTOU (Hebrew 97:7,
reads 'ELOHIM).
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