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Re: Question re LXX, DSS and MT




According to Steven Winnett:
> 
> Are there any instances where the translation found in the
> Septuagint (LXX) is demonstrably based on the text of the
> Hebrew Bible as found in one of the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS)
> rather than as found in the Masoretic Text (MT)?
> 

There are numerous cases, which have been observed in the literature since
the scrolls were discovered. Two examples are Deut 32:8 and 43. See
Emanuel Tov's books THE TEXT-CRITICAL USE OF THE SEPTUAGINT (Jerusalem:
Simor, 1981) and TEXTUAL CRITICISM OF THE HEBREW BIBLE (Minneapolis:
Fortress, 1992). 

Jeff Tigay


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Jeffrey H. Tigay (jtigay@ccat.sas.upenn.edu)
Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
University of Pennsylvania, 847 Williams Hall
Philadelphia PA 19104-6305
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