Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Walter Mattfeld" <mattfeld AT mail.pjsnet.com>]

Dear Clay,

I have the book, Did Moses Speak Attic ? It DOES NOT address the claim that
the Greek written Septuagint was the first bible and that the Hebrew is a
later version of a Greek original.

From some cursory investigations into the Septuagint on my own, I note that
many professional scholars who have studied the Septuagint have noted that
it does differ from the Hebrew text. But careful investigations and
comparisons suggest that the Septuagint is a "paraphrasing" of a Hebrew
original and not vice-a-versa.

Grabbe's book, Did Moses Speak Attic ? is addressing a different issue, the
proposals of Professors Lemche and Thompson that the Primary History
(Genesis-2 Kings) came to be put together in Hasmonean times, which was then
under the influence of a Hellenistic world.  Grabbe presents views both pro
and con by various scholars investigating this proposal.

All the best, Walter

Walter Reinhold Warttig Mattfeld
Walldorf by Heidelberg
Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany
www.bibleorigins.net



----- Original Message -----
From: c stirling bartholomew <cc.constantine AT worldnet.att.net>
To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 4:42 AM
Subject: Re: Septuagint Original


> John,
>
> This is a library catalog record I just ran across which looks like it
> contains information related to your question:
>
> Clay Bartholomew
>
> ********
> Title Did Moses speak Attic? : Jewish historiography and scripture in the
> Hellenistic period / edited by Lester L. Grabbe. Pub info Sheffield, Eng.
> Sheffield Academic Press, c2001.