Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 26/08/2004 19:20, C. Stirling Bartholomew wrote:

> On 8/26/04 11:07 AM, "Peter Kirk" <peterkirk AT qaya.org> wrote:
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> > The Latin Vulgate is also an important witness because it is known to
> > have been translated from the Hebrew long before the existing MT MSS.
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> Does not a fair amount of the Old Latin survive in the Vulgate? The Old
> Latin was based on the LXX . Calling the Vulgate a witness of the same sort
> as the LXX (Old Greek) needs to be qualified.
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> greetings,
> Clay Bartholomew 
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Maybe. I guess the Vulgate should not be trusted as an independent 
witness when it agrees with LXX or with surviving Old Latin, because 
Jerome might have followed the interpretation he already knew. But when 
it does not agree, it is probably a witness to Jerome's Hebrew text.


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