> I suspect that the LXX translators (not native speakers of Hebrew and
> working from a consonantal text) missed the nuances and read weyiqtol
> for wayyiqtol. As for the Qumran commentary, its writers
> reinterpreted
> the Chaldeans as the Kittim or Romans, and so they had to reinterpret
> the Hebrew text as entirely prophetic and future from Habbakuk's
> viewpoint.
Um...How do you know who the LXX translators were? And how do you know they
were'nt native Hebrew speakers?
cheers,
Andrew
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