by admin | Aug 7, 2019 | Hannah's Prayer, Section Five
Near the end of Part 3 I began to consider whether the Masoretes added—for the pillars of the earth are HaShem’S, and He hath set the world upon them[1]—to Hannah’s prayer. I suggested that they made the abrupt switch from the Savior/Judge Hannah had praised to the...
by admin | Jul 31, 2019 | Hope/Understanding, Section Five
The essay Jedidiah, Part 1 was written days before I began to compare Old Testament quotations in the New Testament to the Septuagint, and years before I checked all of the Masoretic text against the Septuagint. I thought of Achan’s confession as the door or...
by admin | Jul 5, 2019 | Hannah's Prayer, Section Five
Hannah’s prayer continued: Masoretic Text Septuagint 1 Samuel 2:4, 5 (Tanakh) 1 Samuel 2:4, 5 (NET) 1 Reigns 2:4, 5 (NETS) 1 Kings 2:4, 5 (Elpenor English) The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. The bows of warriors are...
by admin | Jun 24, 2019 | A Shadow of the Good Things, Section Five
Revisiting Is Sin Less Than Sin, Part 2 to make tables of quotations that differed in the NET parallel Greek, Stephanus Textus Receptus or Byzantine Majority Text I learned that there is some question whether τη αληθεια μη πειθεσθαι (KJV: that ye should not obey the...
by admin | May 29, 2019 | Hannah's Prayer, Section Five
Hannah’s prayer continued: Masoretic Text Septuagint 1 Samuel 2:3 (Tanakh) 1 Samuel 2:3 (NET) 1 Reigns 2:3 (NETS) 1 Kings 2:3 (Elpenor English) Multiply not exceeding proud talk; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth; for HaShem is a G-d of knowledge, and by Him...