[B-Greek] Problems with Psalm 82:1 in LXX

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Tue Oct 4 08:58:16 EDT 2005


Of course we don't know that the MT is in fact correct; the LXX may  
indicate the true text.

On Oct 4, 2005, at 7:56 AM, Octavio Rodriguez wrote:

> I have a problem wtih Psalm 82:1. I am going to show you these  
> versions:
>  __________________________________________________
> Psalm 82:1 (Hebrew) :
>  "Elohiym natsab edah El shaphat qereb Elohiym"
>  "hO QEOS ESTH EN SUNAGWGH QEWN EN MESW DE QEOUS DIAKRINEI "
>  KJV : "God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth  
> among the
> gods. "
>  Ireneus Against Heresies Book III ,VI :
>  "..."God stood in the congregation of the gods, He judges among  
> the gods."
> He [here] refers to the Father and the Son, and those who have  
> received the
> adoption...."
> _________________________________________________
>  It is clear that LXX mistranslate the Hebrew "El " with QEWN.
> I think it must be QEOU....because QEWN is agree with Elohyim in  
> genitive
> ...do you agree wtih me?.
> Other question is about Ireneus , He is quoting the LXX version of  
> Psalm
> 82:1 ,however , his explanation correspond to Hebrew , becasue  
> apparently he
> equated Father=Elohyim and Son=EL , because it is imposible equated
> "congregation of Son" with "congregation of gods".What happened  
> with this
> text??.
> I think, if the LXX is in the correct way then the original Hebrew  
> said
> "Elohyim" instead "EL".
>  What do you think??.
>  Best Regards
> Octavio Rodriguez
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Carl W. Conrad
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