Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Schmuel <schmuel AT escape.com>]

Shalom b-hebrew

My next question is a combination of hebrew, greek, aramaic, patristics and 
textual criticism :-)
Hopefully it is ok here :-)

Very well known is the distinction between the Masoretic text on Psalms 40:6 
and the 
socalled LXX ...letting the KJB represent the Masoretic we have..

Psalm 40:6  (KJB) 
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened....

Psalm 39 (40):6  LXX:
Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me....

And this comes up in Messianic prophecy issues because of the reference in 
Hebrews

Hebrews 10:5  (KJB)
Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering 
thou wouldest not, but a 
body hast thou prepared me:
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QUESTION #1
Llamsa's Aramaic is 
Sacrifices and offerings thou didst not desire; but as for me, I now have 
understanding....

Where did Llamsa get this from, his own translation quirks, or a true 
difference in the text ?
Different than both the MT and the socalled LXX
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QUESTION #2 
Exactly what is the socalled LXX support -- simply Vaticanus ?

And there is some indication that this was referenced in Patristics, 
   Iraneaus - Against Heresies,
but I haven't found it yet. Anybody know "offhand" :-)

And somebody else was mentioned, one of the "A" ECW
(Athanasius ?) but likely that was later, so less relevant.

Any help on early quotations appreciated.

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SIDENOTE
And a pretty reasonable case can be made that the Hebrews passage is simply 
an interpretation
of the Hebrew, while the Greek LXX passage was a smoothing translation by 
Christian scribes,
rather than actually representing a Greek Psalms from B.C. 

The Septuagint: A Critical Analysis by Floyd Nolan Jones p.45
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Vault/1157/floyd-jones.htm
http://www.floydjones.org/ebooks2.html

Commentators like John Gill and John Darby exegete the passage similarly.
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Shalom,
Steven Avery
Queens, NY

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