Question: Jeremiah MT vs LXX

[@ndregm]

Dear Richard and forum members.

I searched among the threads for a while but it seems that the difference between MT vs LXX on the Book of Jeremiah (as far as I know the LXX version is much shorter) has never been discussed. I want to know your comments on this issue from the Bible Wheel point of view.

Thanks,
@ndre

[Richard Amiel McGough]

Dear Richard and forum members.

I searched among the threads for a while but it seems that the difference between MT vs LXX on the Book of Jeremiah (as far as I know the LXX version is much shorter) has never been discussed. I want to know your comments on this issue from the Bible Wheel point of view.

Thanks,
@ndre
Hey there @ndre,

I've never investigated it, but I know that the LXX version is significantly different. Indeed, there are a lot of textual problems with Jeremiah from what I recall off the top of my head.

The relation of the LXX to the MT is very strange. On the one hand, the LXX is used a lot in the Greek NT and so we know it played a very significant role in the history of Scripture. On the other hand, the LXX has some really lousy translations that are obviously erroneous. So it's a mystery to me.

The "view from the Bible Wheel" is pretty much the same - there are reasons to think the LXX played a very important role. For example, we have a letter-for-letter identical KeyLink from the Isa 43:10 (LXX) to John 10 (link (http://biblewheel.com/Topics/KeyLinks.asp)). This is extremely intriguing on two levels. First, it is astounding to see that the phrase "that you may know and believe" is found only in Bible Book 43, Chapter 10 and Isaiah 43:10:
John 10:37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.

Isaiah 43:10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
This forms a first order projective KeyLink (see article (http://biblewheel.com/InnerWheels/Isaiah/Isaiah43.asp#knowandbelieve)).


http://biblewheel.com/images/Isaiah4310Projection.gif


Second, there is a textual variation in the passage from John, and modern scholars have chosen the one that breaks the KeyLink. Thus, the LXX "mysteriously" confirms the Greek reading that forms the KeyLink.

Getting back to the topic - I'll look into the variations in Jeremiah and let you know if I see anything significant.

Richard