[B-Greek] Psalm 39:7 LXX

Ben and Jo Crick ben.crick at argonet.co.uk
Mon Dec 22 20:46:16 EST 2003


On Mon 22 Dec 2003 (14:28:59), markeddy at adams.net wrote:
> I know that we are into the area of text criticism here, so we may want
> to continue this off-list, but since I preached on Hebrews 10 this last
> week-end (and it relies on the reading SWMA KATHRTISW MOI), I did some more
> looking into how Psa 39:7 LXX has been read over the years.
> So I shall summarize what I found here. But I would apreciate some answers
> to my questions below, and some input about any post-Rahlfs studies that may
> have been done on this text.
 [snipped]

 Thank you so much for this, Mark. I too preached on Hebrews 10:5-10 last
 Sunday, 4th in Advent.

> Final question (for now): While Delitzsch admitted that this was only an
> inference, is there any manuscript evidence for or against it? Related to
> this, what is the oldest manuscript of Psalm 40 in Hebrew that is still
> extant? And is it possible that the LXX translation was based on a different
> Hebrew text from the standard Massoretic text?

 The only verse of Psalm 40 in the numbering of the Hebrews which survives in
 the Dead Sea Scrolls is Ps 40:3, and that is just an allusion within a prayer
 of Samuel for Israel. (Wise, Abegg & Cook, /The Dead Sea Scrolls/,
 Harper-Collins, 1996, p 208f). Sorry, no verse 6.  8-(

 ERRWSQE

 Ben
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