From: ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben and Jo Crick)
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [b-hebrew] Jonah 1:2
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 12:10:25 +0000
Haverim,
This weekend I am starting a series on Jonah. Immediately there is a textual
crux in 1:2 "Arise go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry *against* it, for
their wickedness is come up before me" (KJV).
The LXX has ... POREUQHTI IES NINEUH THN POLIN THN MEGALHN, KAI KHRUXON *EN
AUTHi*....
The Vulgate has ... vade in Nineven civitatem grandem et praedica *en ea* ...
Could it be that an original Aleph has been substituted by an `ayin in the
BHS, the scribes taking Jonah's view (4:2) that mercy should not be preached
to the Ninevites, but rather Wrath be preached against it? There is no
footnote in the App: Crit: of the BHS to this effect.
I would be very grateful for any learned comments on this.
Shalom
Ben
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[b-hebrew] Jonah 1:2,
Ben and Jo Crick, 03/05/2003