Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.ac.il>]

I don't remember the bibilographical details, but I read one monograph
comparing MT Samuel and the LXX, the thesis of which was that one was no
better than the other.
Sincerely,
Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: Septuagint Original


> One book where we know there are serious problems with the
> Hebrew text and the LXX seems to preserve something closer to
> the original is Samuel.  The Samuel mss. among the Dead Sea
> Scrolls often reflect the LXX text over against MT, especially in
> places where the MT text has been suspect for centuries.  To me
> this suggests that the corruptions we see may have arisen some
> time after the production of the DSS, but it's only a suggestion.
>
> Dave Washburn
> http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
> This time, like all times, is a very good one if we but know what to do
with it.
>                   -Emerson
>
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