Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter_Kirk AT SIL.ORG]

I guess the reference is to Sirach 17:17 (LXX and NRSV) which looks 
like a summary of Deut 32:8-9. NRSV margin has extra text from "other 
ancient authorities", I don't know what, maybe K-D looked at that. The 
K-D quote is on vol.1 p.989 in my Hendrickson 1996 reprint.

Peter Kirk


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Subject: Re: (Fwd) Re[2]: The Sons of El
Author:  Steve.Brailsford AT NSMG.Seagatesoftware.com at internet
Date:    22/01/1999 08:36


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Washburn [mailto:dwashbur AT nyx.net] 
> Subject: (Fwd) re: Re: The Sons of El
>
>   The commentary of Keil and Delitzsch 
> (vol. 1 p. 470) says:
>
> --
> 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."

--
Steve Brailsford

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