Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 29/07/2005 20:46, Brian Roberts wrote:

> On Friday, July 29, 2005, at 03:13  PM, Dave Washburn wrote:
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>  
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> > On Friday 29 July 2005 13:04, Heard, Christopher wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > On Jul 29, 2005, at 11:30 AM, Sujata wrote:
> > >      
> > >
> > > > Outside the Torah, it is referred to as Torah Moshe in
> > > > 1 Kings 2:3, Neh 8:1, 2 Chr 25:4, etc.
> > > >        
> > > What is the evidence to show that these references are to the canonical
> > > Torah?
> > >      
> > What alternative interpretation can you offer?
> >    
>
> I would also want to know which canon is being referred to here? The 
> universal elements shared by all canons? Or are talking about LXX versus 
> Masoretic again? Or the Christian OT?
>
>  
The books of Moses in the Christian OT are precisely what is in the 
Masoretic text, at most give or take a very few textual uncertainties. 
For these books this text is very close to the ancient LXX translation, 
which is nevertheless a translation which no one would claim to be the 
original words of Moses. So there is no doubt what is meant by the 
canonical Torah.

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Peter Kirk
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