[B-Greek] QEOS and KURIOS : a strange choice of words?
Doug Hoxworth
dhoxworth at charter.net
Sat Sep 13 19:44:21 EDT 2003
><Rolf>
>These abbreviations can hardly be original, so at some in time the LXX renderings of the tetragrammaton were removed from the manuscripts and substituted with KURIOS or KS.
<doug>
why not? how do we know what the original is? i haven't
done a ton of research into the LXX but from what i
understand from what i've read that the attempt to
recreate the "original" LXX is quite difficult. from what
i understand none of the current attempts to create a good
"critical" edition (e.g., Rahlfs) supports what you are
saying. perhaps you could point us to the evidence that
"the LXX renderings of the tetragrammaton were removed."
thanks.
><Rolf>
>As to the NT, we find exactly the same nomina sacra, KS and QS, in the oldest NT manuscripts from the second century C.E. as in the LXX manuscripts. These abbreviations in the NT can neither be original, so a change of this part of the NT text must have occurred in the late 1st century or early 2nd century C.E.
<doug>
what MSS are you referring to? how do we know that these
aren't original?
><Rolf>
>Line 2) is wrong,The original LXX did not substitute YHWH with another word.
<doug>
how do we know what the "original" LXX had? do we possess
the autographa?
><Rolf>
>it can be profitable to review the hypothesis of George Howard that the tetragrammton originally was found in the NT and that KURIOS is a later substitution. (See "The Tetragrammaton in the New Testament" in "The Anchor Bible Dictionary".
<doug>
i do not have the "anchor bible dictionary." could you
briefly tell us what his evidence is for his hypothesis?
are there any NT MSS anywhere that support this claim?
thanks.
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