[B-Greek] Daniel 7:14 LXX

Albert Pietersma albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Fri Dec 19 17:33:44 EST 2003


Tony,
If you haven't already done so, you will need to look at the text in 
full and in both the Septuagint translation and the so-called 
Theodotionic translation, since they are rather different. The 
Göttingen edition of Ziegler has recently been superseded by the 
Göttingen edition of Olivier Munnich (though only the LXX text has been 
revised).
For the verse in question you can still use Rahlfs, since nothing of 
substance has been changed in it by either Ziegler or Munnich.
Not only do the verbs you cite belong to different versions (LATREUW = 
LXX; DOULEUW = TH), but their grammatical subjects also differ in the 
two.
The lines in question I would gloss as:
LXX: And to him was given royal authority and all the nations of the 
earth—according to kind—and all glory ministering (LATREUW) to him.
TH: And to him was given rule and honour and kingship; and all the 
peoples, tribes, tongues shall serve him as slaves (DOULEUW).
On the two verbs there are no variant readings.
Al

On Dec 19, 2003, at 3:44 PM, Tony Costa wrote:

> Dear Friends, does anyone know if there is a textual variant in LXX 
> Daniel 7:14? When I consulted the parallel readings at 
> http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/gopher/text/religion/biblical/parallel/
>  I noticed there were two readings in this verse when it came to the 
> nations "serving" the son of man of 7:13. One reading has the verb 
> LATREU/OUSA (under DanielOG 7:14) and the other has the verb 
> DOULEU/SOUSIN (under DanielTh 7:13). Is there a variant here?
>
> Tony Costa
>
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