Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 15/10/2004 21:51, MarianneLuban AT aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 10/15/2004 9:43:37 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> tlt AT teol.ku.dk writes:
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> > I was only saying that--like the massoretic of the Aleppo and Leningrad 
> > codices, the Samaritan Pentateuch was a medieval manuscript. I have no doubt 
> > that it--like the massoretic--reflects a very early form of the Pentateuch
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> Well, where there are differences between the Masoretic version and the 
> Septuagint, the Samaritan Pentateuch usually agrees with the latter.
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I find this statement extremely surprising, almost the opposite of what 
I understood. I am away from reference books at the moment. Do you have 
any confirmation of this?

I accept that there are a few cases where LXX agrees with Sam against 
MT, but have a special significance because of their rarity, indicating 
an error in the MT. At least, that is how I understood the evidence.


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