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  • From: "Trevor Peterson" <06peterson AT cua.edu>
  • To: "'BIblical Hebrew'" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] elohim versus aggelous, Psalm 8:6[5] MT verses LXX
  • Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 07:06:07 -0400

Yes--I was referring to the LXX Vorlage. Since I was talking about the
LXX translator, I didn't think that needed to be stated.

Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip [mailto:phil-eng AT ighmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 11:23 PM
> To: Trevor Peterson; BIblical Hebrew
> Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] elohim versus aggelous, Psalm 8:6[5]
> MT verses LXX
>
>
> "I'm assuming, of course, that elohim was in the Vorlage."
>
> First of all, which Vorlage? The LXX Vorlage or the MT Vorlage?
>
> In any case, I think that for Psalm 8,there is no difference
> between the LXX vorlage and the MT vorlage. i.e. I think that
> the LXX translators simply used the MT vorlage, i.e. the
> unpointed MT consonantal text as the source text for their
> LXX translation.
>
> A careful comparison of the MT against the LXX of Psalm
> 8:6[5] reveals an almost word-for-word verbatim presentation.
> It is highly unlikely that the LXX vorlage of Psalm 8:6[5] is
> different from the MT vorlage of Psalm 8:6[5]. In view of the
> word-for-word verbatim presentation of the MT and LXX, it is
> highly likely that the LXX was translated verbatim from the
> MT vorlage, i.e. the unpointed MT consonantal text. It is a
> fair assumption, based on available evidence, and the fact
> that neither the LXX vorlage nor the MT vorlage is extant,
> that the LXX translators considered the unpointed word
> elohim, which was in the MT vorlage, and translated it as aggelous.
>
> Philip Engmann,
> Student, OTS
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of
> Trevor Peterson
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 7:05 PM
> To: BIblical Hebrew
> Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] elohim versus aggelous, Psalm 8:6[5]
> MT verses LXX
>
>
> >===== Original Message From phil-eng AT ighmail.com =====
> >Why does elohim occur in MT Psalm 8:6[5], whereas aggelous occurs in
> >LXX Psalm 8:6[5]?
>
> I suppose the best person to ask would be the translator who
> came up with the Greek rendering. Since I don't think that
> person is on this list, I'll take a stab at an answer. The
> translator probably felt that elohim has a wider range of
> meaning than can be captured in any one Greek word (as is
> often the case when translating from any language to any
> other). A judgment had to be made as to the meaning of elohim
> in this context, and angelous seemed like the best rendering
> to go with. I suspect that the translator had in mind the
> sense of superhuman beings here, rather than human
> messengers. I'm assuming, of course, that elohim was in the Vorlage.
>
> Trevor Peterson
> CUA/Semitics
>
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