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Sometimes the stories in the Old Testament surprise me to see how crazy the patriarchy is... Imposed by Yahweh.
And then suddenly He changed His mind and make a new covenant in New Testament.
Oh well 😮 🤔 😞 😆
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PATRIARCHY IN THE BIBLE
https://youtu.be/ZRCj04cClEI?si=gYJPfX18urj0q6dl
#bible #christianity #patriarchy #feminism #sociology #hebrewbible #Religion #Secular
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Judeo-Christian :fozzie_wocka_wocka:
"Among the many #faiths practiced by millions of #Texas #students, a new statewide required #reading list that includes #biblical passages draws from just two traditions: #Protestant #Christianity and #Judaism.
Yet Texas #rabbis say #Jews had no role in shaping how #Judaism appears in the #curriculum, and they disagree with how the lone #Jewish text is presented. Rather than teaching about Judaism on its own terms, they argue, the lessons filter Jewish texts through a #Christian perspective.
The #readinglist, which is expected to go into effect in 2030, will have #publicschool students across the state reading passages from the #NewTestament and mostly Christian #translations of the #Hebrew Bible alongside #literary classics. Of the curriculum’s six #HebrewBible readings, just one uses a Jewish #translation."
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A fun little variant was pointed out to me by a friend:
MT Ps 84:8: יֵרָאֶ֖ה אֶל־אֱלֹהִ֣ים בְּצִיּֽוֹן
LXX: ὀφθήσεται ὁ Θεὸς τῶν θεῶν ἐν Σιών
Pesh: ܢܬܚܙܐ ܐܠܗ ܐ̈ܠܗܝܢ ܒܨܗܝܘܢ (= LXX)
Vulg: parebunt apud Deum in SionThe only difference is the vowel in אל. The vowel in אל determines whether it is a noun (construct "God of") or a preposition ("to"), and thus whether the next word אלהים is "gods" or "God."
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I think it is very odd that in Psalm 51:14b (MT) = OG Psalm 50:14b = English Psalm 51:12b, the spirit is described as:
MT נְדִיבָ֣ה ("willing")
OG ἡγεμονικῷ ("masterly")
Pesh ܡܫܒܚܬܐ ("glorified")
Vulg potenti ("powerful")No idea why...
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In #1Samuel 20:2, there's an interesting ketiv/qere:
K: לו־עשה
Q: לֹֽא־יַעֲשֶׂ֨הHyphens & vowels were added later & word spacing is unreliable in ancient Hebrew manuscripts, so I wonder if there has been a w/y interchange here, and earlier it read ליעשה with negative L-.
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The principles lectio brevior potior and lectio dificilior which tell us to prefer shorter and more difficult readings are not universally valid. Many accidental errors result in short difficult readings, e.g. 1 Samuel 1:24 MT: וְהַנַּ֖עַר נָֽעַר ("and the boy was a boy").
The thing about difficult readings in scripture is that readers try HARD to make sense. Here almost all English versions translate "the child was young."
1/? #TextualCriticism #HebrewBible #1Samuel #translation #Bible