Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Rev. Bryant J. Williams III" <bjwvmw AT com-pair.net>]

Dear Rolf,

The problem is that you think that the LXX manuscripts are:

1)    All have the Tetragrammaton in them. At least that is how it is being 
portrayed based on conjecture from a separate manuscript.

2)    That the LXX is a "Christian OT, thus it is part of the NT manuscripts.

3)    That since numbers 1 & 2 above are true, thus the NT manuscripts must 
have them also.

4)    Arguing from silence; which is a poor argument to begin with.

        No original manuscript from the OT or NT is available. You arguments 
for the Tetragrammaton is based on circular reasoning NOT on the evidence 
available. The Tetragrammaton is found 6828 times in the Tanakh. It is 
primarily representated as YHWH (yodh-he-waw-he) without the vowel pointings. 
The Aramaic script adopted after the Babylonian Exile represents the 
Paleo-Hebrew script that was still being used ca 150 BC - 70 AD at Qumran in 
the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Isaiah Scroll, as far as I can tell, does not use 
the Paleo-Hebrew script. Also the use of Adonai YHWH in Ezekiel 217 out 317 
uses in the Tanakh shows that Adonai YHWH was viable title and name for the 
God of Israel. The Tanakh as Canon was closed after Malachi (using English 
order) or after II Chronicles (after Hebrew order). The issue of the 
Apocrypha is another thing entirely and is not germane to this topic unless 
there are Hebrew manuscripts of them. The LXX is germane to this topic since 
it is the earliest translation of the Tanakh that bears witness to this 
topic.  The NT manuscripts are germane only as they bear witness to the fact 
that NONE of them have the Tetragrammaton in them including the quotes and 
allusions of the Tanakh.

Dear Moderators,

I think that one last post from all concerned should be enough on this topic 
since we are at the point of more heat than light. If any one wants to 
continue, the let them take it off-list.

Thank you for your long-suffering and patience.

Rev. Bryant J. Williams III