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  • From: "Peter Kirk" <peter.r.kirk AT ntlworld.com>
  • To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] Judges 4:18 - The Divine Name?
  • Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 19:22:52 +0100

The Rahlfs edition of LXX has two complete texts for Judges, A
(Alexandrinus) and B (Vaticanus). Both of these read KURIE MOU at Judges
4:18.

Peter Kirk
peter.r.kirk AT ntlworld.com
http://web.onetel.net.uk/~peterkirk/


> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew-
> bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Ben and Jo Crick
> Sent: 26 April 2003 23:21
> To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Judges 4:18 - The Divine Name?
>
> On Fri 25 Apr 2003 (20:32:02), jwdefender17 AT yahoo.com wrote:
> > I have heard of the contention that at Judges 4:18, some Hebrew
> > manuscripts have the tetragrammaton instead of "adoni," the Hebrew word
> > for "lord." (A similar assertion is made of Ruth 2:13 and 1 Kings
> > 18:11.) My question to you all is, what mss contain the Divine Name and
> > what textual criticisms can be made of it?
>
> Dear Hal,
>
> According to the app: crit: in the BHS, the Greek LXX 'GMS' has YHWH in
> Judges 4:23 instead of 'a:LoHiYM. Verse 18 about which you enquire has
> no footnote in Kittel's App: Crit:.
>
> My copy of the LXX (Brenton) has KURIE MOU for 'aDoNiY in verse 18.
> The normal qere perpetuum for the Divine Name is a:DoNaY, pointed with
> pathach under the nun, not 'a:DoNiY with hireq. The latter is the noun
> 'aDoN with the normal 1ms pronominal suffix.
>
> The representation of the Divine Name, the tetragrammaton, in the LXX is
> done in several ways. In some MSS the Hebrew teragrammaton appears; in
> some its Greek transliteration IABH (giving us a key to its probable
> phonetic pronunciation); but in the vast majority the Greek noun KURIOS
> appears for YHWH.
>
> In Judges 4:18 Sisera is respectfully called "my lord". Clearly the use
> of
> the Divien Name here is an error, were it perpetrated in the manner you
> describe.
>
> Shalom
> Ben
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