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Genesis

Genesis 1:9 / LXX Genesis 1:9 Genesis 1:28 / LXX Genesis 1:28 Genesis 2:2 / LXX Genesis 2:2 Genesis 2:2 / LXX Genesis 2:2 / Genesis Rabbah 10:9 Genesis 3:5 / LXX Genesis 3:5 Genesis 3:9 / LXX Genesis 3:9 Genesis 3:15 / LXX Genesis 3:15 Genesis 3:16 / LXX Genesis 3:16 / Jubilees 3:24 Genesis 3:23 / LXX Genesis 3:23 Genesis 4:4 / LXX Genesis 4:4 Genesis 4:7 / LXX Genesis 4:7 Genesis 4:8 / LXX Genesis 4:8 Genesis 4:26 / LXX Genesis 4:26 Genesis 5:6 / LXX Genesis 5:6 Genesis 5:26 / LXX Genesis 5:26 Genesis 6:4 / LXX Genesis 6:4 Genesis 6:6 / LXX Genesis 6:6 Genesis 6:7 / LXX Genesis 6:7 Genesis 7:3 / LXX Genesis 7:3 Genesis 7:4 / LXX Genesis 7:4 Genesis 7:11 / LXX Genesis 7:11 Genesis 8:5 / LXX Genesis 8:5 Genesis 8:7 / LXX Genesis 8:7 Genesis 8:21 / LXX Genesis 8:21 Genesis 9:15 / LXX Genesis 9:15 Genesis 10:2 / LXX Genesis 10:2 Genesis 10:9 / LXX Genesis 10:9 Genesis 10:29 / LXX Job 42:17 Genesis 11:4 / LXX Genesis 11:4 Genesis 11:10 / LXX Genesis 11:10 Genesis 11:12 / LXX Genesis 11:12 / Jubilees 8:1 / Luke 3:36 Genesis 12:16 / LXX Genesis 12:16 Genesis 12:20 / LXX Genesis 12:20 Genesis 13:12 / LXX Genesis 13:12 Genesis 14:15 / LXX Genesis 14:15 Genesis 15:11 / LXX Genesis 15:11 Genesis 20:2 / LXX Genesis 20:2 Genesis 21:6 / LXX Genesis 21:6 Genesis 21:9 / LXX Genesis 21:9 / Jubilees 17:4 Genesis 21:16 / LXX Genesis 21:16 Genesis 22:2 / LXX Genesis 22:2 Genesis 22:2 / LXX Genesis 22:2 / Jubilees 18:2 Genesis 24:22 / LXX Genesis 24:22 Genesis 29:17 / LXX Genesis 29:17 / Jubilees 28:5 Genesis 29:26 / LXX Genesis 29:26 Genesis 31:13 / LXX Genesis 31:13 Genesis 31:16 / LXX Genesis 31:16 Genesis 31:33 / LXX Genesis 31:33 Genesis 32:28 / LXX Genesis 32:28 / Wisdom of Solomon 10:12 Genesis 33:18 / LXX Genesis 33:18 Genesis 34:17 / LXX Genesis 34:17 Genesis 35:4 / LXX Genesis 35:4 Genesis 37:28 / LXX Genesis 37:28 Genesis 46:27 / LXX Genesis 46:27 Genesis 49:5 / LXX Genesis 49:5 Genesis 49:10 / LXX Genesis 49:10

Isaiah

Isaiah 1:9 / LXX Isaiah 1:9 Isaiah 3:10 / LXX Isaiah 3:10 Isaiah 3:25 / LXX Isaiah 3:25 Isaiah 4:2 / LXX Isaiah 4:2 Isaiah 5:13 / LXX Isaiah 5:13 Isaiah 6:1 / LXX Isaiah 6:1 Isaiah 6:1 / LXX Isaiah 6:1 / Jonathan Isaiah 6:1 Isaiah 6:10 / LXX Isaiah 6:10 Isaiah 7:14 / LXX Isaiah 7:14 Isaiah 7:15 / LXX Isaiah 7:15 Isaiah 7:16 / LXX Isaiah 7:16 Isaiah 8:8 / LXX Isaiah 8:8 Isaiah 8:14 / LXX Isaiah 8:14 Isaiah 8:16 / LXX Isaiah 8:16 Isaiah 9:1 / LXX Isaiah 9:1 Isaiah 9:2 / LXX Isaiah 9:2 Isaiah 9:6 / LXX Isaiah 9:6 Isaiah 10:9 / LXX Genesis 11:2 / LXX Isaiah 10:9 Isaiah 11:3 / LXX Isaiah 11:3 Isaiah 11:11 / LXX Genesis 10:10 / LXX Isaiah 11:11 Isaiah 11:16 / LXX Isaiah 11:16 Isaiah 13:21 / LXX Isaiah 13:21 Isaiah 16:3 / LXX Isaiah 16:3 Isaiah 16:12 / LXX Isaiah 16:12 Isaiah 18:4 / LXX Isaiah 18:4 Isaiah 19:18 / LXX Isaiah 19:18 Isaiah 19:25 / LXX Isaiah 19:25 Isaiah 21:7 / LXX Isaiah 21:7 Isaiah 24:10 / LXX Isaiah 24:10 Isaiah 24:23 / LXX Isaiah 24:23 Isaiah 25:8 / LXX Hosea 13:14 / 1 Corinthians 15:55 Isaiah 26:8 / LXX Isaiah 26:8 Isaiah 26:9 / LXX Isaiah 26:9 Isaiah 26:10 / LXX Isaiah 26:10 Isaiah 26:16 / LXX Isaiah 26:16 Isaiah 34:4 / LXX Isaiah 34:4 Isaiah 34:11 / LXX Isaiah 34:11 Isaiah 40:5 / LXX Isaiah 40:5 Isaiah 40:27 / LXX Isaiah 40:27 Isaiah 42:1 / LXX Isaiah 42:1 Isaiah 42:13 / LXX Isaiah 42:13 Isaiah 44:14 / LXX Isaiah 44:14 Isaiah 44:21 / LXX Isaiah 44:21 Isaiah 44:28 / LXX Isaiah 44:28 Isaiah 45:20 / LXX Isaiah 45:20 Isaiah 49:8 / LXX Isaiah 49:8 Isaiah 51:3 / LXX Isaiah 51:3 Isaiah 51:9 / LXX Isaiah 51:9 Isaiah 53:4 / LXX Isaiah 53:4 Isaiah 53:10 / LXX Isaiah 53:10 Isaiah 54:6 / LXX Isaiah 54:6 Isaiah 56:10 / LXX Isaiah 56:10 Isaiah 57:17 / LXX Isaiah 57:17 Isaiah 59:13 / LXX Isaiah 59:13 Isaiah 60:14 / LXX Isaiah 60:14 Isaiah 60:16 / LXX Isaiah 60:16 Isaiah 61:1 / LXX Isaiah 61:1 Isaiah 61:6 / LXX Isaiah 61:6 Isaiah 61:7 / LXX Isaiah 61:7 Isaiah 63:3 / LXX Isaiah 63:3 Isaiah 63:5 / LXX Isaiah 63:5 Isaiah 63:14 / LXX Isaiah 63:14 Isaiah 63:16 / LXX Isaiah 63:16 Isaiah 64:1 / LXX Isaiah 64:1 Isaiah 65:3 / LXX Isaiah 65:3 Isaiah 65:1 / LXX Isaiah 65:1 Isaiah 65:11 / LXX Isaiah 65:11 Isaiah 66:5 / LXX Isaiah 66:5

The Septuagint and the Hebrew Bible Tradition

The theories of the prehistory of the biblical texts were based largely on the scholar’s intuition from close reading, but there was no tangible proof in the form of textual artifacts in Hebrew. Only one manuscript tradition of the Hebrew scriptures existed, and it matched the Hebrew Bible of modem editions and therefore the modern English translations. In the absence of Hebrew sources to verify their hypotheses, scholars pointed to the ancient versions of the Hebrew Bible. The Greek translation known as the Septuagint was central to the discussion, since numerous passages stood at odds with the Hebrew. Commentators suggested that the Septuagint illuminates a lost part of the history of the formation of the Old Testament, that the Greek translation actually shows us different stages of the Hebrew text long before it reached its final form.

And then suddenly everything changed ... Perhaps the Septuagint translators were not responsible for the differences in the biblical text; maybe they were translating other Hebrew texts after all. For many who had insisted on the authority of the Hebrew Bible, the most uncomfortable realization was that these Hebrew manuscripts appeared to reflect earlier stages of the biblical books. The argument against scholarly reconstructions and hypotheses suddenly lost its breath. Here was real, hold-in-your-hands proof that some biblical books once existed in a different form. Even so, the Septuagint remains foreign to most, including biblical scholars, indeed even Old Testament scholars.
Law, Timothy Michael When God Spoke Greek: The Septuagint and the Making of the Christian Bible Oxford University Press, 2013

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