Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>]

> > The Septuagint rendering, "according to the number of the angels 
> > of God," is of no critical value,--in fact, is nothing more than an 
> > arbitrary interpretation founded upon the later Jewish notion of 
> > guardian angels of the different nations (sir xvii. 14), which probably 
> > originated in a misunderstanding of chap. iv. 19, as compared with 
> > Dan. x. 13, 20, 21, and xii. 1.
> 
> Help me with this reference.  I don't have K&D to look at his abbrevs.
> What is (sir xvii. 14)?  I have looked at "Wisdom of Jesus Son of Sirach
> 17:14"
> and see nothing in there about angels, much less guardian angels.  The
> entire 
> chapter is about man, and what God did for him.  The only mention of angels
> in 
> the chapter is in verse 32, "He marshals the host of the height of heaven;
> but all men are dust and ashes."
> 
Hmm, good question.  My edition doesn't list their abbreviations, 
but like you I assumed it was Sirach.  I didn't check the references, 
just offered the footnote as it appears in the book.  I can't find any 
reference of this type in Sirach either, so I'm not sure what they 
were talking about.  Thanks for pointing that out.
Dave Washburn
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