[B-Greek] LXX Souce Texts
Philip Engmann
philipengmann at yahoo.com
Sat Apr 10 11:41:53 EDT 2004
>In the analysis of the accuracy or the ëgoodnessí of the translated LXX
>texts[1] and consequently the analysis of the "goodness" of LXX translation techniques, it is helpful to have not only the target texts, i.e. the LXX texts, but
>also the source texts, i.e. the Hebrew consonantal texts from which the
>LXX texts were translated; but these parent LXX Hebrew consonantal texts
>seem to be largely unavailable.
>
>
>Whilst the Dead Sea scrolls have revealed that the MT source texts
>differed in some places from the LXX source texts, is it fair to assume
>that the MT consonantal text reflects the LXX unless otherwise proven? And
>can this assumption stand up to critical scholarly scrutiny? Is there any
>clear scholarly evidence for such an assumption?
>
>
>Thank you,
>
>Philip Engmann (Reply to: phil-eng at ighmail.com)
>
>
>[1] i.e. from
>the Hebrew consonantal texts to the Greek LXX texts
>
>
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