[B-Greek] LXX question, probably for Drs. Pietersma or Buth??
Perry Stepp
plstepp at kcu.edu
Mon Jul 14 12:21:08 EDT 2008
Granted; but at the same time, there are examples of the NT authors using
the LXX when it differed from the Hebrew text, and the point they're making
is in the difference. See for example, the Jerusalem Council's use of Amos 9
(in Acts 15).
This is more a theological point than a textual point, I don't want to start
an on-list conversation on this point. But it does seem to me that the NT
authors regarded the LXX as inspired in a way that most scholars today don't
regard translations as inspired.
You can chalk it up to a precritical worldview if you wish, but I think
there's something going on there.
PLS
Perry L. Stepp, Ph.D.
Dean, Sack School of Bible & Ministry
Associate Professor, Bible & Theology
Kentucky Christian University
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[mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Eddie Mishoe
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 12:08 PM
To: B Greek; mitchlarramore at yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] LXX question, probably for Drs. Pietersma or Buth??
Mitch:
Be careful not to compare apples to oranges. The LXX corresponds to our KJV.
It was only a translation. The Hebrew Bible was not a translation. Just as
today, ancient scholars would have gone to the original source (Hebrew), not
a translation (LXX). There was only 1 Hebrew text with normal variants,
while there were multiple LXXs.
Paul and others quote from the LXX because their audience were not Jewish
scholars; many were not Jewish at all. I can't imagine a Jewish scholar
preferring the LXX to the Hebrew, no more than I can imagine a scholar today
preferring the KJV to the GNT.
So, I think your question really must take into consideration whom the
intended audience would be in the writings of these people. What source they
used in their studies would be a different matter.
Eddie Mishoe
Pastor
--- On Sat, 7/12/08, Mitch Larramore <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Mitch Larramore <mitchlarramore at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [B-Greek] LXX question, probably for Drs. Pietersma or Buth??
> To: "B Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Saturday, July 12, 2008, 11:14 PM
> I was told that no "true" Jew ("true"
> Jew was his term) of the first century would have quoted
> from the LXX as the Christian-"Jews" did. A
> "true" Jew would have only quoted from a Hebrew
> text, according to this individual I heard speak last
> night. He further argued that the LXX was primarily used by
> Christians in the first century, which was another reason
> the "true" Jew avoided the LXX. To him, the LXX
> was "taken over as" the Christian's OT.
> I'm not qualified to comment on this but it seems to
> run counter to what little I have read in this area. That
> is certainly not the general impression I have, but I am
> open to further confirmation by noted authorities.
>
> I don't think his argument concerned pre-Christian
> usage of the LXX. That is, I think he said the
> "true" Jews used the LXX before the time of
> Jesus. The impression I got was that the
> "exclusive" use of the LXX by Christians forced
> the Jews to abandon the Greek OT and thereby further
> separate themselves from the Christian-"Jews" by
> only authorizing and recognizing usage of and quotes from a
> Hebrew source.
>
> Can you confirm or deny this?
>
> Mitch Larramore
> Sugar Land, Texas
>
>
>
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