Thank you, Barry & Pere. I think you have helped me to say what I wanted to say,namely that the Hebrew title, "Debarim" summarizes reasonably well, the entire book of Deuteronomy as captured in the first verse, "the words which Moses spake unto all Israel..." Deut 1.1, KJV (The title, "Deuteronomy" summarizes the book in another way).
Is this a reasonable statement to make? Many thanks, Philip Engmann, --- On Sat, 3/26/11, Barry H. <[email protected]> wrote: From: Barry H. <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Why Deuteronomy is called "debarim" in the Hebrew Old Testament? To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, March 26, 2011, 12:39 PM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:03 AM Subject: [b-hebrew] Why Deuteronomy is called "debarim" in the Hebrew OldTestament? > Dear Listees, > > The OT Book of Deuteronomy is called "debarim" in the Hebrew Old > Testament. > > Please does anyone know specifically why? > > Many thanks, > > Philip Engmann, For the Torah, the titles were the first significant word of the book, in the case of Deuteronomy, Devarim. Our titles are derived from the LXX, the Greek translation of the OT. The translators tried to be a bit more descriptive than their Hebrew counterparts... :) Wow, a real question for a change... N.E. Barry Hofstetter, semper melius Latine sonat... Classics and Bible Instructor, TAA http://www.theamericanacademy.net (2010 Salvatori Excellence in Education Winner) V-P of Academic Affairs, TNARS [email protected] http://www.tnars.net http://my.opera.com/barryhofstetter/blog http://mysite.verizon.net/nebarry _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
