Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Pere Casanellas <pere.casanellas AT retemail.es>]

Dear Peter,

There is a good discussion on the subject in:

Dominique Barthélemy (dir.): Critique textuelle de l'ancien testament. Vol.
1: Josué, Juges, Ruth, Samuel..., Göttingen, 1982, p. 169-172

They give 2 arguments in favor of Qumran as older text and 5 arguments in
favor of the Masoretic text. The conclusion is: "Avec les exégètes
allemands les plus récents (Rehm, Hertzberg, RL. Stoebe, Eü), le comité a
doncs estimé qu'il fallait revenir ici à la leçon du M" (= Masoretic text).


>In one Qumran MS there is an additional passage following 1 Samuel 10:27,
>describing how Nahash king of the Ammonites oppressed the Transjordan
>Israelites and gouged out their right eyes. Although there are no other
>ancient witnesses to this passage apart from an alleged parallel in
>Josephus, the Anchor commentary argues that this passage is original, and it
>has been included in the main text of NRSV. But I don't find the Anchor
>arguments convincing.
>
>Does anyone know of any further literature on this passage, particularly in
>response to the Anchor commentary?
>
>Can anyone give me further information on the Qumran MS in question,
>4QSam(a)? How extensive is this MS? How does it compare with MT and LXX in
>other places? Are there any other additional passages?
>
>Peter Kirk