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On Tue, 19 Mar 1996 HuldrychZ@aol.com wrote:

> The Targum has a quite different rendering.  Is it possible that the Targum
> contains the oldest reading and that the MT has somehow been corrupted by a
> scribal error (i.e., the omission of "the enemies I turned you over to gave
> you bad laws", etc.)?

Jim,

It is doubtful that the Vorlage of T here differs from the MT.  At least, 
if it did, it can't be recovered, since T is clearly an attempt to deal 
with a difficult theological topic, namely, the idea that God's laws were 
bad and intended to lead Israel astray.  It is not uncommon for T to 
abandon a literal rendering in order to make a theological (or halakhic) 
point, or in order to avoid a troublesome Vorlage.  A similar example of 
shielding God from the charge of inciting evil is the change from 2 Sam 
24:1, "And God moved David to take a census," to 1 Chron 21:1, "And Satan 
moved David to take a census."

Jimmy Adair
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