[b-hebrew] OT Manuscripts

George Athas George.Athas at moore.edu.au
Thu Feb 12 19:32:43 EST 2009


There were also numerous Latin translations from the Greek - two steps removed from the Hebrew. It was their unreliability, in part, that led Damasus to commission Jerome with the translation of the Vulgate.

There were also other Greek texts in circulation: Theodotion and Symmachus, for example, which were preserved in Origen's Hexapla. If only we still had Origen's work! We would then be in a much better position to discern the evolution of the text and suspect readings - a kind of "Origen on the Specious". (Sorry, I couldn't resist a lame gag.)


Regards,

GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au




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