[B-Greek] Judith 13:19 textual variant

Albert Pietersma albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Fri Sep 19 18:02:38 EDT 2003


Dear Susan,
I was away for a bit and therefore missed your question (which I have 
not seen answered in the pile of email that awaited me).
In Judith 13:19 the NRSV translator decided to read against the 
critical (Hanhart = Rahlfs). As you note the critical text has H ELPIS. 
A variant reading O EPAINOS is supported, however, by O (hexaplaric 
recension = mss 58-583) La (Vetus Latina) Sy (Peshitta) Aeth videtur 
(Ethiopic),  = Vugate (LAUS) verse 25.

Since Rahlfs based his text chiefly on the great uncials (A B S) and 
since none of these supports the variant, O EPAINOS did not come within 
Rahlfs' purview.
Al
On Tuesday, September 9, 2003, at 09:22 AM, Susan Jeffers wrote:

> Greetings --
>
> The NRSV for Judith 13:19 reads "Your praise will never depart from 
> the hearts of those who remember the power of God" with a text note on 
> "praise" that says "Other ancient authorities read hope."
>
> My copy of Rahlfs LXX shows ELPIS for the word in question, and has no 
> note in the apparatus.
>
> A student has asked "I wonder if these other authorities were also 
> Greek and what the Greek words used were."
>
> Any ideas?  I'm thinking maybe the "ancient authorities" were 
> unavailable when Rahlfs edition was produced???
>
> I tried looking up the Vulgate on Perseus, but what they have at 
> Judith 13:19 doesn't match the context of the verse in the NRSV or 
> Rahlfs at all -- it's something about Holofernes and the Assyrian 
> military.   In BibleWorks the Vulgate for Judith 13:19 looks about 
> twice as long as it needs to be and also doesn't seem to bear much 
> resemblance to the NRSV verse; I read just about no Latin, anyway!
>
> Thanks in advance to any who can help.
>
> Susan Jeffers
>
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