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To: kawaii
Brenton's essay in what 1850? The Qumran caves were found in the 1940s! They are still yeailding new documents including COPIES OF THE SEPTUAGINT.

Nothing uncovered in the DSS can change the facts of history regarding Origen's Hexapla, and nothing uncovered in the DSS challenges Brenton's Essay on the Septuagint, which is a fair presentation of facts on the matter.

BTW when you use the word "Septuagint", what arre you referring to: the Greek translation of the OT that supposedly took place under the auspices of the Jewish authorities or any Greek translation of the OT regardless of who did it and when --- and just how do you know the difference???

And just how come Origen's Hexapla had one column for the Hebrew but five for the Greek and he had to use Theodotian's in the sixth column to create his fifth column which became the OT of Codex B. If the Septuagint was so authoritative and standardized in Origen's day, why was it not in the first column instead of the Hebrew text???

10,946 posted on 02/21/2007 8:08:11 AM PST by Uncle Chip (TRUTH : Ignore it. Deride it. Allegorize it. Interpret it. But you can't ESCAPE it.)
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To: Uncle Chip

the facts are that origen's hexpla was based on the septuagint which was in general use at the time.

the only ones to say otherwise are protestant denominations with zero supporting evidence. History and Evidence is clear that the Septuagint predates the hexpla by 200+ years


10,947 posted on 02/21/2007 8:13:26 AM PST by kawaii (Orthodox Christianity -- Proclaiming the Truth Since 33 A.D.)
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To: Uncle Chip; kawaii
And just how come Origen's Hexapla had one column for the Hebrew but five for the Greek and he had to use Theodotian's in the sixth column to create his fifth column which became the OT of Codex B

To the best of my knowledge, Origen did not have the Dead Sea Scrolls. The only source he had in Hebrew was the Palestinian (Pharisaical) rabbinical canon from Jamnia, the same canon that makes up the MT collection, which the Protestants still claim is the only 'authoriative' version.

10,962 posted on 02/21/2007 9:35:51 AM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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