[B-Greek] Gen 25.23 and the LXX, in Rom 9.12
P R
prittman at gmail.com
Thu Sep 16 19:33:02 EDT 2010
I have to admit I'm a bit surprised by your response. The translators of
the NIV, REB, KJV, and ESV (and I'm assuming these translations would not
all be following the LXX here) all interpret the words of both Rom 9.12 and
Gen 25.23 to refer to older and younger (as does Brenton and the first
Jewish Publication Society translation, with Gen 25). If you disagree with
those interpretations, please explain.
As far as your second question, no I don't believe there is any such doubt.
That's one reason why I asked my question.
Paul Rittman
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Albert Pietersma <
albert.pietersma at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Aren't you creating your own problem by insisting that Rom 9:12 is speaking
> of "older" and "younger" when neither the Hebrew nor the Greek of Gen 25:23
> is speaking of "older" and "younger"? Moreover, since Rom 9 is explicitly
> about Rebecca and the birth of Jacob and Esau, is there any doubt that Gen
> 25:23 is being cited?
> Al
>
> On Sep 16, 2010, at 1:54 PM, P R wrote:
>
> I was thinking more along the lines of Paul's choice of words for
>> "younger,"
>> (elasswn). Because this wasn't the normal word that would be used to
>> signify
>> "younger," was this evidence that Paul was deliberately following the LXX
>> here?
>>
>> Paul Rittman
>>
>>
>>
>
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