[b-hebrew] Samaritan Pentateuch
George Athas
George.Athas at moore.edu.au
Tue Mar 10 16:30:33 EDT 2009
Jim Stinehart wrote: "But the Samaritan Pentateuch often agrees with the Septuagint, against the Masoretic Text. That suggests that the Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint come from one common source, and the Masoretic Text comes from a different source."
The situation is not quite as simple and clear-cut as this, Jim. The text-critical data is very complex. To claim that the SP and the LXX have a single common source is a sweeping oversimplification that, in the end, is quite misleading and unhelpful. May I recommend that you study up a little on text criticism. Emmanuel Tov, Ernst Würthwein, or Ellis Brotzman would be good authors with which to start.
Regards,
GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au
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