Hab 2:4b MOU/AUTOU

c stirling bartholomew cc.constantine at worldnet.att.net
Sat Jul 27 17:10:04 EDT 2002


In Hab 2:4b we have what might be called a movable MOU. The MOU seems to
move around and disappear in the mss. of the LXX and NT. Here is a general
overview of the pattern.


HAB. 2:4 (8 HevXIIgr 17:29-30) [KAI DI]KAIOS EK PISTEWS AUTOU ZHSET[AI]

HAB. 2:4b (LXX some mss.)  hO DE DIKAIOS EK PISTEWS MOU ZHSETAI
HAB. 2:4b (LXX some mss.)  hO DE DIKAIOS MOU EK PISTEWS ZHSETAI
HAB. 2:4b (LXX some mss.)  hO DE DIKAIOS EK PISTEWS ZHSETAI

HEB. 10:38 (some mss.) hO DE DIKAIOS MOU EK PISTEWS ZHSETAI
HEB. 10:38 (some mss.) hO DE DIKAIOS EK PISTEWS MOU ZHSETAI
HEB. 10:38 (some mss.) hO DE DIKAIOS EK PISTEWS ZHSETAI

ROM. 1:17 (most mss.)  hO DE DIKAIOS EK PISTEWS ZHSETAI.
ROM. 1:17 (one ms.)  hO DE DIKAIOS EK PISTEWS MOU ZHSETAI.

GAL. 3:11 hOTI hO DIKAIOS EK PISTEWS ZHSETAI:

Of the above, only 8 HevXIIgr 17:29-30 follows the MT with any precision.
The LXX (most mss.) adds the article hO and appears to read a waw suffix as
a yod suffix, i.e. reads MOU for AUTOU.

As far as I could discover from limited resources on hand the reading of
AUTOU for MOU isn't found in any of the NT manuscripts.

F.I. Andersen* considers the reading in 8 HevXIIgr 17:29-30 a revision of
the LXX toward the MT. I wonder how this is determined? How do we know that
the scribe of 8 HevXIIgr 17:29-30 didn't have a different vorlage from the
LXX OG scribe(s)? 

--  
Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
Three Tree Point
P.O. Box 255 Seahurst WA 98062

*page 212, F.I. Andersen, Habbakkuk Anchor Bible v.25, 2001




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