Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Yigal Levin" <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

I see that you've picked up the correct verse. Yes, all of the English 
translations that I've seen follow the Vulgate and avoid the issue.

Yigal
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Maurice A. O'Sullivan 
  To: Yigal Levin 
  Cc: b-hebrew 
  Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 12:05 PM
  Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] 1 Chron 29:20 question


  At 04:07 17/02/2005, Yigal Levin wrote:
    

    There was no separation of church and state in the ancient world. It says 
nothing of David "recieving
    worship" of any kind.

  Good point, Yigal -- and one which by Jerome's time had been overlooked, 
since the Vulgate inserts "deinde" between God and king, perhaps sharing the 
concern of the original poster?.

     >> adoraverunt Deum et deinde regem " << is altogether more explicit 
than PROSEKUNHSAN KURIWi KAI TWi  BASILEI



  Maurice A. O'Sullivan  [ Bray, Ireland ]
  mauros AT iol.ie