LXX and Apocrypha

Clwinbery at aol.com Clwinbery at aol.com
Wed May 9 08:52:23 EDT 2001


Tony Costa wrote;

>>>>>>>Dear Friends,

  I had a question regarding the LXX and the Apocrypha. Was the Apocrypha 
always part of the LXX? The NT quotes from the LXX, but it never quotes from 
any of the books of the Apocrypha. References to events in the Apocrypha are 
alluded to in Heb 11:35 and Heb 11:37 seems to be  referring to the 
martyrdom of Isaiah being sawed in half as recorded in the pseudepigraphical 
writing, the Ascension of Isaiah. Jude also alludes to pseudepigraphical 
texts in Jude 9,14-15.
   Did the LXX of the first century C.E. contain the Apocrypha? To my 
knowledge, the earliest MSS so far found that include the Apocrypha date 
from the fourth century C.E. Any comments would be appreciated. Many 
thanks.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Tony, this is a very interesting and important question but I'm afraid that 
it is a bit far afield for b-greek. I suggest that you take it over to the 
Textual Criticism list. Some good material on it can be found in the New 
Oxford Annotated Bible at the point of the introduction to the Apocrypha. It 
has a thumbnail sketch of the history. The Interpreter's Dictionary of the 
Bible also has good articles as well as the books on the canon. 

This would be a good discussion but not on b-greek. Please.

Carlton Winbery
Louisiana College
Co-moderator

                                                 



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