Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Eric Weiss <papaweiss1 AT yahoo.com>]

Dave Washburn wrote:

> Who published this New Testament you're looking at?...  
> Sounds to me like you've got somebody's unsupported 
> propaganda in your hands.

That was my response, too, but I wanted something to hang 
that on - i.e., some sources that would show, e.g., that the 
Hebrew of the MT is NOT in large part "Medieval Hebrew" and 
that the MT is patently not a re-translation from a LXX text 
back into Hebrew.

And, yes, it is a sectarian group (even in its own 
"denomination") that publishes this NT, but I don't want 
that to influence the responses to my question. I.e., I'd 
like some scholarly refutations or critiques of what I 
posted regardless of the source of my quote - hence I 
didn't mention the book's title or ISBN.

Thanks for any info you can give me.



Eric S. Weiss


                
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Septuagintal influence on Masoretic Hebrew text
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Eric Weiss wrote:

>In its appendix on manuscripts used for both the Hebrew Scriptures (OT) and 
>the Greek (NT) Scriptures, a New Testament I was perusing makes the 
>following 
>statements:
>
>
>"The Hebrew version in circulation today, the so-called Massoretic (sic) 
>Text, is chiefly a re-translation of the Septuagint into Medieval Hebrew 
>that was produced in stages between the 2nd and 9th centuries and upon 
>which the Old Testament King James Version is based.... The 
>Massoretic (sic) Text is partly a restoration of these six translations 
>[i.e., Aquila (A.D. 130), Theodotion (A.D. 180), Symmachus (A.D. 210), 
>and the so-called Quinta, Sexta, and Septima (all 3rd century)] as well." 
>
>
>
>If I am correctly understanding this, they are saying that the Hebrew 
>Masoretic 
>text is in large part a re-translation from a Septuagintal/Greek text. How 
>valid is 
>this claim? It's the first time I've heard/read such a thing. If it's a 
>false or 
>erroneous claim, where can I find sources/documentation to disprove it?
>  
>

It's complete nonsense. Any book should be able to refute it. Try Ernst 
Würthwein, _The Text of the Old Testament_ or F. F. Bruce, _The Canon of 
Scripture_.

Yours,
Harold Holmyard