[B-Greek] a question in LXX

Barry Hofstetter nebarry at verizon.net
Mon Aug 30 06:52:04 EDT 2004


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>I am sorry Barry, I wasn't clear.  I know it means twentieth, but the Hebrew
> says the seventh and tenth not seventh and twentieth, see my problem.  I
> hoping I was translating it incorrectly and someone would point out my
> misunderstanding.

Then I'm not sure where the difficulty lies.  You have correctly understood both 
the Greek and the Hebrew.  If you are having a problem in the harmonization 
between the two, there are several possibilities:

1) The LXX translator had a Vorlage which read "20th" in Hebrew.

2) There is a possible text critical issue in the LXX itself.

3) Either deliberately or not, the LXX mistranslated the Hebrew.

Now, b-Greek is about issues related to Biblical Greek, so I don't doubt that 
continuing this discussion along these lines is outside of the list 
boundaries...

Barry

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