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  • From: Yigal Levin <Yigal-Levin AT utc.edu>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: The OT?
  • Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 09:09:29 -0400


At 10:42 AM 8/24/2002 -0400, Lisbeth S. Fried wrote:
>The first thing I do with my students is to teach
>them the difference between the OT and the HB.
>I tell them the OT is the LXX!
>(Not one of them has ever argued with me about it!) :)
>
Although, Liz, I'm sure you know that this is not strictly correct. The
Vulgate, which is the basis for most "Western" traditions, was translated
from the Hebrew (albeit with a lot of LXX-based interpretation). And to
most Protestants, the OT does not include the Apocrypha.



Dr. Yigal Levin
Dept. of Philosophy and Religion
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga TN 37403-2598
U.S.A.




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