Yes, I think it is. Pere Porta (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)
2011/3/26 Philip <[email protected]> > 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 > -- Pere Porta _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
