… if I want to know how early Christians used words, I have to access the Greek Septuagint translation that was their main entry point to the Bible. I repeat a point I have made often enough in the past. If you want to understand Second Temple Bible readings, and the scriptural universe of early Christians, start with the Septuagint.
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
The mystery of τέκτων …
… Jesus the Carpenter, and the Search for Biblical Words | Philip Jenkins. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
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I have looked at https://www.septuagint.bible/ occasionally, when wondering why the ICEL considers that the exiles hung up their harps on aspens, or why the translators employed by King James considered that psalmist implored the Almighty to purge him, rather than sprinkle him, with hyssop. In both cases, I ended up asking a rabbi on the next block for the sense of the Hebrew.
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