Biblical Hebrew Forum

[TedBro AT aol.com]

Hi, All:
 
Interesting discussion... 
 
<<Yigal Levin wrote: As to why neither version appears in the MT -  probably 
scribal error, simply 
"skipping" a line.
 
Recall that the Massorah dates from the Christian era. Thus another  possible 
explanation for missing Christian proof texts is that the Massoretes,  like 
everyone else, had biases and when selecting readings from  various 
manuscripts 
for inclusion in the MT, favored those less favorable to the  Christians. 
 
Peace,
Ted Brownstein
 




In a message dated 1/31/2009 7:25:47 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il writes:

Dear  Gary,

Let's please not be cynical. Your question is more about the NT  than it is 
about the Hebrew Bible.

In any case, it is widely  assumed that the writers of the NT used the 
Septuagint (or something like  what we call the Septuagint) as their "Old 
Testament", so it would be only  natural for them to quote the Septuagint 
version of this verse, which does  include the phrase "Be glad, O heavens, 
together with Him, and do  obeisance to Him, all angels of God". The Qumran 
version, at least  according to Abegg, Flint and Ulrich's The Dead Sea 
Scrolls Bible, is  ".... all you gods". If I had to guess, I'd assume that 
the Qumran version  is earlier, and that the Greek version(s) that we have 
today, which are  all based on manuscripts that are later than Qumran, 
actually "cleaned it  up" by replacing "gods" with "angels of God". As to why 
neither version  appears in the MT - probably scribal error, simply 
"skipping" a  line.

Yigal Levin


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