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- also in Ben Sirashould be QS, as it also occurs in Sir 32,20
- How could Rebecca declare her father dead when Genesis 24:50 has him alive and well?
Antiquities of the Jews 1.248The Works of Flavius Josephus: Greek Text with Morphology§248 αὐτῷ τεξομένην γνησίους.” ἡ δὲ οὐδὲ τούτων ἐφθόνησεν αὐτῷ βουλομένῳ 10 μαθεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ γένος ἀπεσήμαινε καὶ “Ῥεβέκκα μέν, 11† φησίν, ἐγὼ καλοῦμαι, πατὴρ δέ μοι Βαθουῆλος ἦν· ἀλλʼ ὁ μὲν ἤδη 12 τέθνηκε, Λάβανος δὲ ἀδελφός ἐστιν ἡμέτερος τοῦ τε οἴκου παντὸς 13† σὺν τῇ μητρὶ προνοούμενος καὶ τῆς ἐμῆς παρθενίας ἐπιμελόμενος.” 14 - Onqelos actually matches MT here.
Leviticus 26:19–20The NET Bible First Edition NotesNotes for 26:20 31 tn Heb “the tree of the land will not give its fruit.” The collective singular has been translated as a plural. Tg. Onq., some medieval Hebrew MSS, Smr, LXX, and Tg. Ps.-J. have “the field” as in v. 4, rather than “the land.” - defiling hands = canonicalit's the other way: if a books defiles the hands, it is holy/canonical
Herders neues Bibellexikonvon anderen Rabbinern wird das gleiche Werk als „die Hände beschmutzend“ abgelehnt. - Isaiah the first to name a future king?This is incorrect. The man of God predicts king Josiah (Kings 1.13.2) who was born long after his prophecy was published.
The Lexham Bible Dictionaryip exists over how the chapters fit with the rest of the book of Isaiah. Chapters 24–27 center around two - kein Hinweis auf dreiteiligen KanonDer genannte Vers Spr. 30,5f. enthält keinen Hinweis auf die Dreiteiligkeit des Kanons.
- Sickness as punishment from God?The cited verses from Psalms don't imply, that sickness is from God.
Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, Volumes I–XVIn the Psalms, sickness is often looked upon as a punishment from God, intended to bring the psalmist to repentance (Ps. 6:2[1]; 38:2[1]; 39:12[11]). - Edessa statt OdessaEdessa in Nordmesopotamien, nicht Odessa am Schwarzen Meer. Es handelt sich wohl um einen Tippfehler, der aber auch in der Printausgabe steht, also von FL nicht korrigiert wird.
- This dictum is not from Simeon ben Eleazar but is actually from his disputants.
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revisedtions with the practice of some forms of magic by redefining both. Nevertheless, the rabbis’ opposition to the prohibited practices is clear from this representative saying of Rabbi Simeon ben Eleazar (Mish Sotah - Ahasueres never decrees "blessing" for the Jews. He simply authorizes them to defend themselves against their enemies and to confiscate any wealth possessed by the antisemites.
