[b-hebrew] )BL Mistranslated at I Samuel 6: 18
George Athas
George.Athas at moore.edu.au
Tue Feb 24 15:09:42 EST 2009
Jim,
I think you'd better look into the pursuit of textual criticism.
The English translators have not arbitrarily translated )BL as "stone" rather than "meadow". There is text critical support for this reading. The Greek translators of this passage seem to have read a text that had )BN ('stone, rock') rather than )BL ('meadow, field') as in the MT. There is further support for this reading from the Targums and even some Latin manuscripts.
Please get yourself a BHS and check the text critical data so that you're not building a linguistic theory and alternative geography on air. This is standard methodology in biblical studies. You'd do well to follow it.
So, over to you now to spin this one your way yet again...
Regards,
GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au
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