A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

James Hastings • SECTION 257

Section 257

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ably tlirou';h fault of memory ; 18" (adds ira» before /"}/*») much abridged. Tlie rest are from the Ileb., as 2" 8", though often showing the influence of LXX (see A, </), as 2"* 11'° 12»'-' 13» 21°; and often very Kiiigularlv paraphrased, as 2<i 2-3 -JT"- '" (see D ; E, d). {</) Quotatium of a ' Gospel of tlie Infancy ' (originally Aramaic ?). Lk 2^ is, curiously enough, an exact quotation from LXX, thougli from Lv 5", not Lv 12', the passajje actually referred to, and is probabl}' an maert um by St. Luke into the e.arlier translation of an original Aram, docuinent; 1" is a paraphrastic reference to Mai 4°-° 3', based on Heb. (see B) ; 2-* depends apparent!}' on a variant of Heb. (see J, n). (e) The Original quotations of Lk, 4" and 23**, are both from LXX ; the first a combination of Is (31'- '' 58°, with a slight change of order and construction, the second with necessary alteration of the text. (/) St. John's Gospd. Quotations are marked by brevity and freedom, with a toiidcncy to attach more importance to mystical and hidden meanings than to the literal sense of the words ; usually from LXX, as lO'-'' 12"', but occasionally from lleb., as 13"* liF (see B), in both of which dill'erences between LXX and Heb. are very great ; but often so unlike eitlier as to make it uncertain which the writer had in his mind, as 12"' (ido-oynai LXX, but see J, a). On T** see G. Combined quotations are frequent (see F), as 6" 12"- "> lo'-" [Ps .35'" or G9^ and lOQS] 19*'. There are only 4 quotations common to anv of the Synoptists, 1'^ 8" 12" 12^» (iMt 27" is spurious); of these the second and tliird to Mt only. In all there is an independent rendering, and in 12" a difi'erent com- bination, (g) The Acts. Quotations are all from LXX, often quite exact, as in the long quota- tions, 2'-^"^ 2**-^; though dillering greatl}' from Heb., as 7""; sometimes following a different text, as 1 j'"- " (see A, a (1) (2)) ; frequently abbre- viated, as l-'» 3--- -a 7*" 1.3*" 1.3" IS'"- " ; sometimes expanded, as 2""" (for literary eU'ect), and often combined, a.s 3=» 13" etc. (.see F). On 7'--'" see E, a. (h) St. Paul's Epistles. Quotations are usually from LXX, as Ko 9-''"', but knowledge is shown of Heb., as Ho 9" (see B, 6) 10" (lipaioi) 11* 12". In Uo, and to a less extent in 1 Co, the quotations from Pent, and Ps are very largely exact from LXX ; those from the prophetical and historical books vary considerably from LXX, are usually free, but often contain elements from Hebrew. It would seem probable that the former are usually copied from LXX, the rest quoted memoriler. In Ko, out of 31 quotations from Pent, and Ps, only 9 are not practically exact, and of those 10°"* is a mere paraphrase, and Ko 9" 12" are intentionally taken from Heb. ; out of 22 quotations from hist, and proph. books only 3 are exact. In 1 Co, out of 9 quotations from Pent, and Ps, 4 are exact ; out of 9 from hist, and proph. books, only one. The change of avOpiiiruv to ootpCiv in 3-° [Ps 94"], though dilticult, is prob- ably intentional (see E, (/). The distinction here pointed out is remarkably illustrated in Ko S'"''", where the single quotation from Is (59'-*, Pr 1'° is not in LXX) has 2 important variants from LX.X, 6i(h (LXX raxi-voi) and lypujaf (LXX otSauiv), suggesting a memoriter quotation, whereas the 5 ij notations from I's are practically exact from L.\.\. In Ko 3", Ec 7" is combined, by probably a slip of memory, with the phrase oiioi lU from Ps 14' or 53" (licb. L.X.X has ouk (ano fm .Vis). Of the other Uagiograjiha, I'r 25'-'- ^"* is quoted from LXX exactly in Ko 12-«, .Job 6" from lleb. in 1 Co 3". For the remarkable quotation in 1 Co 2» see II. In the other Epistles the quota- tions are too few to make any satisfactory general- izations possible. On Eph 4» 5'' see E, d, and G, H. (i) Epistle to the Hebrews. With the excep-

tion of Iff" (see H), quotations are all from LXX, very numerous and generally exact, suggesting that variations are eitiier inientional alteration!", as 8'° (10'°) 10^ (see E, c, d), or errors of transcriii- tion, as 3" (see E, b). We have, however, most prob- alily memoriter quotations in 9-", where toOto for i5o0 looks like an unconscious imitation of the words of institution (cf. Mk 14-'' etc.), and 12-", where Srjplov for KTijuos can hardlj' be reg.arded as an in- dependent translation of nr.-^. {j) St. James. Of six possible quotations, three, 2'2'''' 4°, are certainly from LXX, and nearly exact ; 2" may ])ossibly be an independent translation of Heb. ; 5-" is cer- tainly so, but is probably from some intermediate source (see H); 4", if a quotation at all, is from an unknown source (see G). (k) First Ep. of St. Peter. Though quotations are taken partly, but seldom very exactly, from LXX, as 2" 3'"-'-" 3'^- '^ (see E, d), the inlluence of the Heb. is frequently apparent, as I'-"-'* [Is 40''''] (aiJrf;? for a.v0pd>Trov of LXX), 2~ [Is 53»] ((vpidr, 5i\os for o6\ov), 4" (where LXX is quite ditl'erent, but see H). 2°-' is prob- ably connected, directly or indirectly, with Ko 9*', and proves little (see H). (I) Second Ep. of St. Peter. The only quotation, 2--, is from Heb., nearly every word diiiering from LXX. («i) The Apoealyp.se contains no delinite quotations, but is full of the thoughts and ideas .and even language of OT. This last seems in general to point to Heb. rather than to LXX, as in 1", where (ia^CKdav, Upeis is evidently a translation of O'j-S nr'rcD Ex 19° (LXX has /3a(j-(Xfioi' Uparevixa), V (/ierd, with Aram, of I)n 7'^ for LXX iTl ; oi'ni'fs aurbv iicKiin-riaat', from Zee 12'", for avB' Siv kotu^x ')"■'"''■<', cf. Jn 19"), 1" (suggested by Dn 10°) wliich has no special LXX word. So 11* (cf. Zee 4-- ^- '^) 14' [cf. Is 21 '] 14* [cf. .11 3"]. In 6'° we find tlie phra.se jras ooC,\os Kal iXevffepos instead of avvcxipenos k. iyKaraXeXeifi- lUvoi of 1 K 21=' (LXX 20'-'). On the other hand, there are some signs of direct or indirect LXX inllu- ence, as in 2' (irapaSdatp, Gn 2' elc. ) 6'* {jiiji\lov, cf. Is 34* LXX) 18- (oaip-ovltj^v, cf. Is 13-' LXX), etc.

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