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I just got my Lexham English Septuagint in the mail yesterday because I wanted to read the Bible of the early church. The Greek is not superior to the Hebrew/Aramaic, although I do think the original reading has been preserved in the Greek where it has been lost in the Masoretic text (Deuteronomy 32:8-9, sons of God instead of sons of Israel).

Marakesh 𓅦 2y ago

A margin note in my Bible on Deuteronomy 32:8 says that one Dead Sea Scroll reads "sons of God," while the Septuagint reads "angels of God".

I myself would like to have an ancient versions parallel Bible that sets an English translation of the Masoretic Text beside English translations of the Septuagint and Dead Sea Scrolls texts.

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John 2y ago

That would be a handy study tool. After a quick search, nothing like that has been done yet. You're right, I conflated the DSS and the Septuagint, my bad. The LXX reading is still theologically coherent there in Deut. 32 , while the MT goes off the deep end.