The Septuagint — Wisdom Literature

About this episode

This episode explores the differences between the Septuagint and the rabbinic text in the wisdom literature, focusing on Proverbs.

Hosts Corey J. Mahler coreyjmahler.com @CoreyJMahler Woe aka Eschatologuy @treblewoe As between the Septuagint (LXX) and the rabbinic text (MT), there are significant differences in the books that comprise the wisdom literature (i.e., Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon). These differences range from changes in diction through distortions and corruptions to outright additions and deletions (one should think of the warning in the Book of Revelation). Out treatment here is not (and is not intended to be) comprehensive — there are centuries of work ahead of the Church; rather, we intend to drive home the point that the only Christian reaction is to abandon and anathematize the ‘Hebrew’ passed to us by the rabbis in favor of the Greek passed to us by Christ, the Apostles, and our faithful forebears — and, most importantly of all, preserved by God, as He promised. Christ, the Apostles, and the early Church all unanimously held that the Septuagint is, indeed, the very Word of God. In this fifth episode in the (now) nine-episode LXX series, we examine differences between the LXX and the MT in the wisdom books (largely focusing on Proverbs). This is the second of three…

People in this episode

Hosts: Corey J. Mahler, Woe

Topics covered

• Septuagint
• wisdom literature
• Old Testament
• differences between texts
• Christian theology
• Proverbs

Keywords

• Septuagint
• wisdom literature
• Proverbs
• Old Testament
• Christian theology
• differences
• LXX
• MT

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Book of Revelation, Septuagint, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon

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