volume 10, issue 1, 2018, pages 12-39

DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsDYXD6260
Published online: 2018-06-01
Published in print: 2018-06-30

Abstract: Exod 24:9-11 is an exemplary case of study of the differences between MT and LXX. A mere three verses reveal how carefully the translation work has been conducted to deal with an important issue: did the leaders of Israel see God or not? This paper aims to clarify the
possible reasons that lay behind such a different rendering in LXX as compared to MT. Exod 24:9-11 in both its Hebrew and Greek texts is witness of different theological approaches to the same problem.