Dear Rolf,
The problem is that you think that the LXX manuscripts are:
1) All have the Tetragrammaton in them. At least that is how it is being
portrayed based on conjecture from a separate manuscript.
2) That the LXX is a "Christian OT, thus it is part of the NT manuscripts.
3) That since numbers 1 & 2 above are true, thus the NT manuscripts must
have them also.
4) Arguing from silence; which is a poor argument to begin with.
No original manuscript from the OT or NT is available. You arguments
for the Tetragrammaton is based on circular reasoning NOT on the evidence
available. The Tetragrammaton is found 6828 times in the Tanakh. It is
primarily representated as YHWH (yodh-he-waw-he) without the vowel pointings.
The Aramaic script adopted after the Babylonian Exile represents the
Paleo-Hebrew script that was still being used ca 150 BC - 70 AD at Qumran in
the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Isaiah Scroll, as far as I can tell, does not use the
Paleo-Hebrew script. Also the use of Adonai YHWH in Ezekiel 217 out 317 uses in
the Tanakh shows that Adonai YHWH was viable title and name for the God of
Israel. The Tanakh as Canon was closed after Malachi (using English order) or
after II Chronicles (after Hebrew order). The issue of the Apocrypha is another
thing entirely and is not germane to this topic unless there are Hebrew
manuscripts of them. The LXX is germane to this topic since it is the earliest
translation of the Tanakh that bears witness to this topic. The NT
manuscripts are germane only as they bear witness to the fact that NONE of them
have the Tetragrammaton in them including the quotes and allusions of the
Tanakh.
Dear Moderators,
I think that one last post from all concerned should be enough on this topic
since we are at the point of more heat than light. If any one wants to
continue, the let them take it off-list.
Thank you for your long-suffering and patience.
Rev. Bryant J. Williams III
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