Hi Folks,
Subject was: Re: [b-hebrew] Jacob ben Hayyim -was YHWH Pronunciation
Steven Miller,
biographical info on Jacob ben Hayyim? .. http://www.innvista.com/culture/religion/bible/glossary.htm
"In 1524, Jacob ben Hayyim published a printed text of the Hebrew Old
Testament, using a multitude of high quality manuscripts, including several lists
of Masoretic notes. This became a standard for printed Jewish Bibles.
I believe this is 100% accurate, until the 20th century and the modern
textcrit movement, ie. until Gerhard Kittel's third edition. Checking
Kittel in the biography is also an interesting research endeavor, especially
for those so worried about the spiritual purity of their Bible text laborers.
Only in the last two hundred years has it been so accepted in the Christian world.
"
This doesn't make sense, since it was used for the King James Bible. Likely
the Geneva also, although that should be checked. ...
... And there really weren't other Christian Bibles of note till about
1880. ...
...
KJB used the ben Hayim text directly as its primary underlying text,
augmented more with things like Kimchi's grammar than anything else. ...
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