The Account of the Tabernacle: Translation and Textual Problems of the Greek Exodus (Texts and Studies, 6) (Volume 0) - Softcover

Gooding, D. W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521111633 ISBN 13: 9780521111638

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

The relation of the Septuagint to the original Hebrew is of major importance to the study of the Old Testament. In the closing chapters of Exodus this relation becomes notoriously obscure; in recording the execution of God's instructions for the making of the tabernacle and the priests' vestments, the Greek differs seriously both in order and content from our present Hebrew text. This raises the problem of how the Greek and Hebrew accounts came to stand in their present form, why they differ so widely, and which represents the older tradition. Scholars during the last century have been almost unanimous in maintaining that the Greek account is earlier than the Hebrew and is translated from a primitive (and now supposedly lost) text. Moreover, because of inconsistencies in technical terms, this part of the Greek Exodus is thought to be the work of a second translator. Dr Gooding puts forward a completely different explanation. This lively, clearly written and controversial book will be of particular interest to theologians and biblical scholars.

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The relation of the Septuagint to the original Hebrew is of major importance to the study of the Old Testament. In the closing chapters of Exodus this relation becomes notoriously obscure; in recording the execution of God's instructions for the making of the tabernacle and the priests' vestments, the Greek differs seriously from our Hebrew text. Dr Gooding puts forward an explanation in this lively, clearly written and controversial book.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521111633
• ISBN 13: 9780521111638
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 132