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Document Details : Title: The Contribution of the Secunda to the Study of the Septuagint Subtitle: The Case of the Psalter Author(s): MAURIZIO, Isabella Journal: Journal of Septuagint and Cognate Studies Volume: 58 Date: 2025 Pages: 155-171 DOI: 10.2143/JSCS.58.0.3295598 Abstract : Probably translated into Greek in the second century B.C.E., the Septuagint Psalter shows in some passages its independence from the Masoretic text. The phonetic transcriptions of many fragments of the Psalms in the Secunda provide further evidence for this fact. The comparison of the Secunda and the Septuagint Psalter could reveal some common readings in the two texts. These shared readings can be explained at different levels: (1) By the agreement of the transcription of the Secunda and the reading of the Septuagint. This is the case in Psalm 47:10, where the Greek transcription εμ (עִם) corresponds to the translation μετά of the Greek text. (2) By a probable agreement between the transcription of the Secunda and the reading of the Septuagint. This is the case in Psalm 89:47, where the active Greek form ἀποστρέψεις is consistent with the hifil of the Secunda (θεσθερ/תַּסְתֵּר*) and with other biblical passages where the hifil of the verb סָתַר is translated into Greek in the same way. (3) By a link that could be established between the transcription of the Secunda and a variant of the textual tradition of the Septuagint. This is the case in Ps 31:24, where the Greek transcription oυσαλημ could be understood in the light of ἀνταποδώσει, attested in an old Latin version, in Jerome’s Psalter iuxta LXX and in the Coptic versions. The agreements set out here indicate the existence of an alternative textual form to the Masoretic form, attested also outside the Septuagint (1). At the same time, they can document another Vorlage for the Greek text of the LXX, corresponding more closely to the Hebrew text of the Secunda than to the Masoretic Text (2). Moreover, they allow us to re-evaluate a minority reading in the Greek manuscript tradition, attested in some reliable versions of the Septuagint (3). |
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