Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 01/04/2005 00:55, Deborah Millier wrote:

> ...
>
> But NT renditions/interpretations of HB passages
> should be given some weight by those looking for
> semantic domain of
> words/phrases/expressions/titles--particularly if NT
> renditions/interpretations are among a few other
> converging lines of ancient evidence. That’s what I
> meant.
>
> I think the NT can sometimes shed philological light
> on words/phrases/expressions/titles in the HB. And we
> can all take advantage of that. In particular, we who
> are Christians should be able to do so on this list
> and elsewhere without apology.
>
> Hope my answer suffices for Peter Kirk’s inquiry as
> well.
>
>  
Thank you, Michael. Yes, this last part answers my points very well. I 
have no objection to this approach to the HB. I do object to the 
approach advocated by some Christians of harmonising the understanding 
and translation of the HB to NT interpretations of it, and particularly 
to inserting references to Jesus Christ where there was none in the 
original Hebrew - for example, using a capital letter for "Son" in Psalm 
2, and rendering "virgin" rather than "young woman" in Isaiah 7:14 
because that is how Matthew quoted the passage. That approach is of 
course particularly inappropriate for a list on which there are many 
Jews as well as Christians and others.

--
Peter Kirk
peter AT qaya.org (personal)
peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
http://www.qaya.org/



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