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  • From: George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>
  • To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Samaritan Pentateuch
  • Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:30:33 +1100

Jim Stinehart wrote: "But the Samaritan Pentateuch often agrees with the
Septuagint, against the Masoretic Text. That suggests that the Samaritan
Pentateuch and Septuagint come from one common source, and the Masoretic Text
comes from a different source."

The situation is not quite as simple and clear-cut as this, Jim. The
text-critical data is very complex. To claim that the SP and the LXX have a
single common source is a sweeping oversimplification that, in the end, is
quite misleading and unhelpful. May I recommend that you study up a little on
text criticism. Emmanuel Tov, Ernst Würthwein, or Ellis Brotzman would be
good authors with which to start.


Regards,

GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au





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