The link that Bill Ross lists below is an interesting display of information from a century ago (pre Dead Sea Scrolls, and prior to a large amount of...
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Bill Ross
billrossfamily
Jan 10, 2007 12:59 am
! Thanks... so where DO I go?! Bill Ross...
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Steve Puluka
spuluka
Jan 10, 2007 1:27 am
... There are three introductory books that have sections on these issues worth a look in my opinion. I usually consult them all when looking at specific...
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Bill Ross
billrossfamily
Jan 10, 2007 2:03 am
Thanks, Steve. Is there anything succinct online? Bill Ross ... From: lxx@yahoogroups.com [mailto:lxx@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Puluka Sent: Tuesday,...
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Bill Ross
billrossfamily
Jan 10, 2007 2:03 am
Bart, in order to make the Greek text unchallengeable, the Jews of Alexandria invented a myth involving the miraculous agreement of 72 translators from the...
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Bill Ross
billrossfamily
Jan 10, 2007 2:58 am
I don't really see what I am looking for in Swete. Bill Ross ... From: lxx@yahoogroups.com [mailto:lxx@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Puluka Sent:...
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Bart (comcast)
bartbeast
Jan 10, 2007 3:19 am
Ashley Please let the list know when it is available. Bart ... From: Ashley Crane To: lxx@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 6:19 PM Subject: RE:...
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Aaron n Sara
saraandaaron
Jan 10, 2007 5:09 pm
... Council ... Hi, Ashley. I feel I must butt in, since you're working on a dissertation on this topic. To put it briefly, "WHAT 'council of Yavneh'"?! I...
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Ashley Crane
harvestwest
Jan 10, 2007 11:13 pm
Hi Sara, Yes, thanks for this. I agree that Yavneh is controversial – but it is a common knowledge point in time. You present good sources for your point. I...
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Sean
rhoadess
Jan 11, 2007 12:04 am
Hi In the links below one will find a very thorough analysis complete with graphs charts and side by side comparisons of the NT quotes with their MT and Lxx...
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Robert Kraft
kraftra
Jan 11, 2007 10:14 am
Thanks for butting in, Sara, with this timely update. May I add that the new "Academic Catalog 2007" from Hendrickson Publishers arrived this morning, with the...
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Schmuel
praxean
Jan 11, 2007 10:44 am
Hi Bill, There have been some interesting replies to your questions, although not always direct to what you asked. Bill Ross - ... Schmuel Vaticanus is the...
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Mitrophan Chin
stmitrophan
Jan 11, 2007 12:57 pm
Actually I would observed that 22-book canon is more to equate with the number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet and doesn't explicitly dictate what the actual...
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Harold P. Scanlin
harold37s
Jan 11, 2007 2:04 pm
... I bought a copy at the AAR/SBL meeting last November. It's greatly expanded, now reaching 592 pages, bu the section on "Myth of the Council of Jamnia" is...
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philippe guillaume
Philippe.guillaume@...
Jan 11, 2007 3:16 pm
To continue Mitrophan Chin on Josephus' 22-book canon, I suggested that it is more likely to reflect the LXX than the Hebrew canon: * Fig. 1: Josephus'...
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Schmuel
praxean
Jan 11, 2007 3:27 pm
Hi Folks, Mitrophan Chin - 22-book canon is more to equate with the number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet and doesn't explicitly dictate what the actual...
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Aaron n Sara
saraandaaron
Jan 11, 2007 3:36 pm
In that case, congratulations are in order! All the best, Sara ... is a ... M.) and...
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Matthew G. Hamilton
coptology
Jan 11, 2007 10:47 pm
Schmuel said: "Essentially anything before Vaticanus would be minor fragments, such as in the DSS (and that mostly Penteteuch). You could also find some...
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Peter Papoutsis
papoutsis1
Jan 11, 2007 11:18 pm
The essenes, Jewish Monastics, had a considerably large canon that included many NON-canonical works that they held as canonical. I believe that from a textual...
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Ashley Crane
harvestwest
Jan 11, 2007 11:29 pm
Hi Peter, How do we know the Essenes had a canon? If you mean the DSS, then how do we know that they held these books as canon, rather than just seeking to...
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Philip Silouan Thompson
silouanthompson
Jan 11, 2007 11:45 pm
... I wonder if the word "canon" isn't an anachronism in this context. I'm not aware of any central body in Second Temple Judaism that had the authority to...
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Peter Papoutsis
papoutsis1
Jan 11, 2007 11:59 pm
How do I know? From the research done on the DSS. From the various books published on the DSS. I got into a similar debate with someone else on this list about...
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Peter Papoutsis
papoutsis1
Jan 12, 2007 12:00 am
That's what I was getting at. You are very right my friend. Peter A. Papoutsis ... Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and...
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Ashley Crane
harvestwest
Jan 12, 2007 12:07 am
Hi Peter, I am not seeking to discredit LXX – my research and dissertation encourages all to embrace LXX. My point is, that just because a group has a...
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Wyrick, Jed
jd_wyrick
Jan 12, 2007 12:24 am
The definition of canon is indeed a problem in the discussion. For instance, I don't know of any reason to assume that the term "canon" requires a central...
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David Ketter
ketman1989
Jan 12, 2007 12:53 am
If Second Temple Judaism didn't have that idea of the canon, the early sages did because, at Yavneh (Jamnia), the Sanhedrin declared the authoritative Tanakh....
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Schmuel
praxean
Jan 12, 2007 1:20 am
Hi Matthew, Thanks for your assistance here. ... biblical manuscripts at ... http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/rak/earlylxx/jewishpap.html and ... ...
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Ashley Crane
harvestwest
Jan 12, 2007 2:32 am
Hi David, This is a good summary of the traditional view. You may want to read up some of the more recent views. Check the books listed in Sara’s previous...
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Ashley Crane
harvestwest
Jan 12, 2007 2:42 am
Hi Schmuel, While we have little extant manuscripts dating from pre-Christian era, we can nevertheless hold that the words in the post-CE manuscripts come from...
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schmuel
praxean
Jan 12, 2007 6:05 am
Hi Folks, I am seeking to do a textual survey of the Greek OT on the very fascinating Psalm 14. The most basic question is whether particular manuscripts...
