Language:
English
Year of publication:
2023
Titel der Quelle:
Revue Biblique
Angaben zur Quelle:
130,3 (2023) 356-377
Keywords:
Athaliah,
;
Bible. Criticism, Textual
;
Bible. Versions
;
Septuagint
;
Criticism, Textual
Abstract:
This article examines two textual variants in 2 Kgs 11:15 that are almost never mentioned, let alone discussed, in the scholarly literature. In this verse, the priest Jehoiada tells some soldiers what they should do with Athaliah, who has just entered the Temple and seen that the young Joash has been crowned. The first part of v. 15 contains an enigmatic Hebrew expression, often translated as: 'bring her out within/between/through the ranks'. It is argued here that LXXB, Aquila, Theodotion and the Vulgate reflect an earlier form of the text, which read 'bring her out of the precincts (of the temple)'. The second textual difference entails a long plus in the Antiochene text (LXXL) and some transpositions. The very few scholars who mention this problem think that LXXL reflects here the Old Greek, and that the Hebrew Vorlage of the latter represents the earliest form of the text. On the contrary, it is argued here that LXXL constitutes a rewritten, facilitating text.
DOI:
10.2143/RBI.130.3.3291756
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