"... Hosea 10:12 ... Elsewhere in the LXX, φῶς represents נר (Proverbs 13:9; 20:27) and γνῶσις represents דעת/דעה (passim). Therefore φῶς γνώσεως could represent ניר דעת instead of ניר ועת of the Masoretic text. Since the Greek phrase used here represents gnostic terminology outside the biblical realm, it may also reflect such terminology within the LXX. However, in our view this assumption is unlikely. If a translator had wished to use gnostic terminology, he would have done so elsewhere, too, regardless of the precise form and content of the Hebrew text. Hence, in this case where the presumed Vorlage of φῶς γνώσεως is close to the Masoretic text, it is more reasonable to assume a non-tendentious variant reading than the reflection of a gnostic tendency ..."