Dear Bryant, Normally your posts are clear and to the point, but in this post I have problems with your logic. Lørdag 15. Juni 2013 22:06 CEST skrev "Rev. Bryant J. Williams III" <[email protected]>: > 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.
RF: The words "think" and "conjecture" are not warranted. I have presented the data: All known fragment of the LXX up to 50 CE have YHWH or YAO. This is not conjecture, it is a fact! I have written that these manuscripts do not prove that the LXX autographs contained YHWH or IAO, but the evidence we have suggests that the LXX autographs contained YHWH or IAO. > > 2) That the LXX is a "Christian OT, thus it is part of the NT manuscripts. RF: I have never written or implied that the LXX is a "Christian OT." I have not made any quality assessment of the manuscripts I discuss. I have only pointed to the fact that the LXX manuscripts from the second century contain KS. Then I have drawn the same conclusion as G.D Kilpatrick, who is an expert on ancient manuscripts, that between 50 and 130 CE the teragrams were removed from biblical texts and replaced by KS. I have further noted that because of this tampering with the text, the LXX manuscripts from the second century onward contain a corrupt text as far as the name of God is concerned. > > 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. RF: The word "must" above is not warranted and misrepresents my arguments. I have pointed out that the NT manuscripts from the second century contain KS as do the LXX manuscripts of the same age.This means that someone changed the NT text in the same way as the LXX text was changed. Therefore, something different from KS was written in the NT autographs. We do not know what that word was, but because KS is a substitute for YHWH in the LXX, most likely it is a substitute for YHWH in the NT as well. Corroborating this conclusion is the fact that the Tanakh says that the name YHWH should be used for ever, and no one have so far presented good reasons for why the NT writers should substitute YHWH with KURIOS in quotes from the Tanakh. Your words about arguing from silence are strange, because everyone must argue from silence. We do not know how the name of God was written in the NT autographs, so also those who believe that the original NT contained KURIOS, argue from silence. > > 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. RF: Now I am bewildered. Where is the circularity in my presentation? As shown above, and in my other posts, it is the evidence available that I use as my basis: The LXX fragments, The LXX and NT manuscripts from the second century. The words of Exodus 3:15 and other passages in the Tanakh. 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 Best regards, Rolf Furuli Stavern Norway _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
