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Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] lxx vorlage is mt vorlage is unpointed mt
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:10:37 -0400
Philip asked:
> Since the LXX Vorlage is extinct, i.e. not extanct anymore, I am
> assuming that:
>
> The LXX vorlage (i.e. parent text) = the MT Vorlage= the unpointed MT.
> How realistic is this assumption?
Not realistic. To use just one argument with which I am familiar, some Dead
Sea Scrolls agree with the LXX rather than with the MT, showing that not all
differences between the LXX and MT can be attributed to mistranslation; some
are attributable to a Vorlage different from the MT. VanderKam points out
Exodus 1:5 in 4QExod a, Deut 32:8 in 4QDeut j, Jeremiah 10:3-11 in 4QJer b,
1 Sam 17:4 in 1QSam a.