From: Jan S Haugland (jansh@telepost.no)
Date: Tue Mar 12 1996 - 20:54:19 EST
Wes C. Williams said:
>Summary: The LXX copies in pre-Christian times retained the divine
>name. The evidence is that the substitution of YHWH for Kyrios in LXX
>copies began after the first century C.E. (or perhaps late first
>century).
Please note that the objective of the comprehensive set of arguments
forwarded by Wes is to build a basis for the argument that the *New
Testament* originally contained the tetragrammon as well. This is a key
theological argument of the Jehovah's Witnesses which as far as I know
is not shared by any NT scholars. While Wes' research may certainly be
valuable and interesting as a counter-point to the majority scholarly
opinion, you should be aware that there is an agenda behind which may
(note "may") have biased the selection of evidence.
Cheers,
- Jan
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