The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-05-13
SOME NEW BOOKS
II. c.-sas Revision Of q. OLE Testament.

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eslihs auest'on wnether ureek was not the
language habttualy used by Christ. and
whether tho Old Testament documents were
not exclusively known to Christ and His disci-
pies through tho Greek Septungint version.
II will be remembered that tho Rrent nuthori.
ties for the formation OF a correct Creek text
of the Now Testament are the Sinnitic Vatican
and Alexandrian codiccs, which were car.
tninly psnned rs carly as the fourth or NTH
century OF tho Christian era. while their evi.
dcnco Is supplemented By many other manu-
scripts OF a dato almost equally ancient. The
situation OF tho Hobrcw text OF the Old Tes,n.
msnt Ia SO far different that. according to the
judgment OF most modern scholars nil c1tapt
copies OF tho Hebrew text 60 back to q single
archetype. which itself had not become fixed
among tho jews until some time after tho birth
OF Christ. Moreover. very few OF these extant
copies wero penned earlier than the twelfth
century OF our era and. although one manu-
script preserved ut Odessa Is said to have boon
written In the latter part OF the sixth century,
the claim has not been properly verified
All OF the Hebrew codices which have thus
Tar boon collated are reproductions OF the
So-calied Masoretic text tho work OF a body Of
sewisn scholars called Masorets. or possos-
sors OF tradition. whose lnbors stretched over
several centuries. beginning about A. D. 600
"nether inc manuscripts preserved In Rus
~" ~ IL :, na.e Jews. VINO attach
,r may not "xhihit ,oa. mritteh law may
particulars from ths vo,o.., "e'I"s IN some
terminod but from whit 10 y. 10. undo
documents 1t is believed tha, ,ha. y. 'hese
mainly reproduction, Of tn, nrrnetypai taxi
adopted BY tho scrlbes some time after the bs
ginning Of our era 1t becomes, therefore. of
great moment to ascertain what this
archetypal text WAS but this INDISPENSABLE
step cannot DO taken until tho hundreds OF
extant Hebrew manuscripts have boon sub
mitted to the samo rigorous Investigation and
collation. which the Greek goddess of tho New
Testament have received at tho hands OF text.
ual critics.
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taxi Of which ali, existipy U.hr.v r,,n,,,o.,r,.
arc bolieyed To bc conies wa should ~, oan
frontsd by the further inouirv what r,,h, hom.
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