Relatively complete manuscripts of the LXX postdate the Hexaplar - TopicsExpress



          

Relatively complete manuscripts of the LXX postdate the Hexaplar rescension and include the Codex Vaticanus from the 4th century CE and the Codex Alexandrinus of the 5th century. These are indeed the oldest surviving (nearly complete0 manuscripts of the Old Testament in any language; IN COMPARISON, the oldest extant complete Hebrew texts date some 600 years later, from the first half of the 10th century.The 4th century Codex Sinaiticus also partially survives, still containing many texts of the Old Testament. While there are differences between these three codices, scholarly consensus today holds that one LXX—that is, the original pre-Christian translation—underlies all three.
Posted on: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 00:53:45 +0000

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