Biblical Hebrew Forum

[James Christian <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>]

Hi,

2009/11/23 K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>

> James:
>
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 1:21 PM, James Christian
> <jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>wrote:
>
> > I would like to believe that all the differences can be ascribed to
> copyist
> > errors and attempts to correct errors but I am strongly suspicious of
> > doctrinal forces which influenced those 'copyist errors' and
> 'corrections'.
> > Not too long ago we had a discussion about the different traditions of
> the
> > ages of our ancestors as listed in Genesis. This discussion had bearing
> on
> > your understanding of the organisation of the documents in Genesis and we
> > saw that the LXX tradition and *not* the MT tradition better supported
> your
> > position because the maths of the MT tradition made a part of your
> position
> > impossible.
>
>
> Even in this example, it is understandable as copyist errors.
>
>
I really don't see how this could be a copyist error. Can you suggest the
copy logic that could have led to such an error?

James Christian