EncyclopediaVol, iii
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Vol, iii
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain
4 sufficient to explain the numerous variations.* As an instance of what was possible, the Psalter which Jerome had corrected according to the LXX was so corrupted by scribes in his own life-time that he was compelled to emend it a second time.t But after all, as Burkitt puts it : Ὁ ‘whether there were one or two independent versions is a compara- tively minor question in face of the undoubted fact that the independent versions were few in number.’ 3.
The problem which is of paramount importance in this subject is, Can we trace the history of the version (or versions)? For the sake of the subse- quent discussion we will here subjoin a list of the extant authorities for the OL Bible.§
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