Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

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