[B-Greek] Ireneus and Habakkuk III,3-5
Albert Pietersma
albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca
Wed Oct 19 11:29:38 EDT 2005
My not seems to have got lost in cyberspace.
Al
> Ireneus in Adversus Haereses book III quoted Habakkuk III, 3-5 in the
> LXX
> version:
> "God shall come from the south, and the Holy One from Mount, Effrem.
> His
> power covered the heavens over, and the earth is full of His praise.
> Before
> His face
> shall go forth the Word (PRO PROSWPOU AUTOU POREUSETAI LOGOS), and
> His feet
> shall advance in the plains."
> In agree with the LXX version , Ireneus understand that "go forth the
> Word"
> talks about Christ , but I can´t see any word in the Hebrew in agree
> with
> LOGOS.
> Why did LXX translate in this form??
WHAT the LXX did is, however, clear. Rather than reading DBR as DEBER
(pestilence) it read it as DABAR (word), a mistake well attested
elsewhere in the LXX.
Al
> Best Regards
> Octavio Rodriguez
On Oct 19, 2005, at 10:39 AM, Octavio Rodriguez wrote:
> Ireneus in Adversus Haereses book III quoted Habakkuk III, 3-5 in the
> LXX
> version:
> "God shall come from the south, and the Holy One from Mount, Effrem.
> His
> power covered the heavens over, and the earth is full of His praise.
> Before
> His face
> shall go forth the Word (PRO PROSWPOU AUTOU POREUSETAI LOGOS), and
> His feet
> shall advance in the plains."
> In agree with the LXX version , Ireneus understand that "go forth the
> Word"
> talks about Christ , but I can´t see any word in the Hebrew in agree
> with
> LOGOS.
> Why did LXX translate in this form??
> Best Regards
> Octavio Rodriguez
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