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In a message dated 2/12/2003 8:09:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
Polycarp66 AT aol.com writes:

> Your designation of the Documentary Hypothesis as "speculative" tends 
> toward 
> 
> a pejorative use.  It would be correct to say that it is proven, but its 
> designation as "speculation" would appear to be an attempt to prejudice the 
> 
> case.
> 
A correction to this paragraph of my previous post.  This should read "that 
it is NOT proven".

gfsomsel
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I have not studied very much of the DSS so I hope someone will correct =
me if I am giving misleading information.  The question was raised =
whether or not there is any preChristian evidence that Hebrews replaced =
the tetragrammaton with Lord- either in Hebrew or Greek.  I have in =
front of me a couple of pages copied from Ernst Wurthein, The Text of =
the Old Testament, Grand Rapids: W. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, =
1995.
Commenting on the Habakkuk Commentary, he says, "In the period of these =
manuscripts it is evident that 'adonai was read for the tetragrammaton =
because the first Isaiah scroll, for example, reads )DNY where M [can't =
reproduce the symbol he uses] has YHWH (3:17), and conversely (6:11; =
7:14; 9:7; 21:16; 28:2." (page 158).
On the Papyrus Fouad Wurthein comments, "Thus, the tetragrammaton =
appears to have been an archaizing and hebraizing revision of the =
earlier translation kurios." (page 29).
Sincerly Yours,
Michael Abernathy
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Dear Michael,

Nobody would deny that some persons of the Qumran people, or perhaps 
all of them used a subatitute for the tetragrammaton. But this does 
not prove that other groups did the same in B.C.E.

The words you quote from Wurthwein are not found in my 1979-edition 
of his work. If you quote correctly, this is a blatant example of a 
misleading statement in a book by a fine scholar. Or rather, before 
it is verified that Wurthwein himself wrote these words, I am 
inclined to think that a misinformed translator or editor added the 
words.


Best regards

Rolf Furuli
Univeristy of Oslo



>I have not studied very much of the DSS so I hope someone will 
>correct me if I am giving misleading information.  The question was 
>raised whether or not there is any preChristian evidence that 
>Hebrews replaced the tetragrammaton with Lord- either in Hebrew or 
>Greek.  I have in front of me a couple of pages copied from Ernst 
>Wurthein, The Text of the Old Testament, Grand Rapids: W. B. 
>Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1995.
>Commenting on the Habakkuk Commentary, he says, "In the period of 
>these manuscripts it is evident that 'adonai was read for the 
>tetragrammaton because the first Isaiah scroll, for example, reads 
>)DNY where M [can't reproduce the symbol he uses] has YHWH (3:17), 
>and conversely (6:11; 7:14; 9:7; 21:16; 28:2." (page 158).
>On the Papyrus Fouad Wurthein comments, "Thus, the tetragrammaton 
>appears to have been an archaizing and hebraizing revision of the 
>earlier translation kurios." (page 29).
>Sincerly Yours,
>Michael Abernathy
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