KAIGE-Theodotion

Paul Fullmer bpfullmer at home.com
Fri Jan 5 14:07:34 EST 2001


Emanuel Tov's "Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible (p. 145)" has a fine
description:

"The Greek scroll of the Minor Prophets, found in Nahal Hever (1952) and
published in DJD VIII, contains an early revision of G named "kaige" by
Berthelemy.... In antiquity this anonymous revision was ascribed to
Theodotion, who apparently lived at the end of the second century CE.  Hence
the translational units which are ascribed to Theodotion also belong to this
revision.  Consequently, the revision is now named kaige-Theodotion, though
it should be noted that its various attestations are not uniform in
character.  Its presumed early date, the middle of the first century BCE,
solves the so-called proto-Theodotionic problem which has long preoccupied
scholars.

"Barthelemy names the anonymous revision kaige because on of its distinctive
features is that '[Hebrew] gam,' 'also,' is usually translated with 'kaige,'
'at least,' apparently following the rabbinic hermeneutical rule that each
"gam" in the Bible refers not only to the word(s) occurring after it, but
also to one additional word...."

I'm a new member appreciating your active e-group!

Paul Fullmer
Graduate Theological Union
Berkeley, CA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven R. Lo Vullo" <doulos at chorus.net>
To: "Biblical Greek" <b-greek at franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 3:30 PM
Subject: [b-greek] KAIGE-Theodotion


> Hi everyone
>
> I am presently reading the introduction to _A Greek-English Lexicon of the
> Septuagint_ by Lust, Eynikel and Hauspie. I ran into the following
sentence:
> "Also, it is difficult to provide an adequate lexicographical description
of
> the words used by Aquila and KAIGE-Theodotion since these two revisers did
> not intend to give a translation in the traditional sense of the word." I
> know what "KAIGE" is, but could someone tell me what is meant by
> "KAIGE-Theodotion"?
>
> Steve Lo Vullo,
> Madison, WI
>
>
>
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