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RE: [b-hebrew] lxx vorlage is mt vorlage is unpointed mt

From: "Ken Penner" <pennerkm AT mcmaster.ca>
To: <phil-eng AT ighmail.com>, "'BIblical Hebrew'" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] lxx vorlage is mt vorlage is unpointed mt
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:10:37 -0400

Philip asked:

> Since the LXX Vorlage is extinct, i.e. not extanct anymore, I am
> assuming that:
>
> The LXX vorlage (i.e. parent text) = the MT Vorlage= the unpointed MT.

> How realistic is this assumption?

Not realistic. To use just one argument with which I am familiar, some Dead
Sea Scrolls agree with the LXX rather than with the MT, showing that not all
differences between the LXX and MT can be attributed to mistranslation; some
are attributable to a Vorlage different from the MT. VanderKam points out
Exodus 1:5 in 4QExod a, Deut 32:8 in 4QDeut j, Jeremiah 10:3-11 in 4QJer b,
1 Sam 17:4 in 1QSam a.

Ken Penner, McMaster/DSS
Dead Sea Scrolls list owner,
http://mailman.McMaster.CA/mailman/listinfo/g-megillot

[b-hebrew] lxx vorlage is mt vorlage is unpointed mt, Philip Engmann, 09/21/2003
- RE: [b-hebrew] lxx vorlage is mt vorlage is unpointed mt, Ken Penner, 09/22/2003
  - [b-hebrew] RE: lxx vorlage is mt vorlage is unpointed mt, jucci, 09/22/2003
    - RE: [b-hebrew] RE: lxx vorlage is mt vorlage is unpointed mt, Philip, 09/24/2003