Amusing Biblical Hermeneutics

????? ????? = Septaguint (work produced, not actual writing)

Um… not quite. The Septuagint that we have today is not the famous ????? ????? described in the Gemara. Aside from the fact that the extant LXX doesn’t have the changes recorded in the Gemara, there is also the fact that there are several *other* differences between the Tanach and the extant LXX.

For example, I’m sure many of you are aware of the verse in the Christian Bible in Acts that says that 75 people went down to Egypt with Yaakov (as opposed to the count of 70 that we have). Most people in the frum world tend to assume that the author of Acts simply made a typo. The truth, however, is that the author of Acts was using the LXX, where Beraishis 46 lists 75 people, not the 70 (or 69) that we have in our version.

In addition, the LXX that we have today covers all of Tanach while it’s clear from the Gemara in Megillah that the ????? ????? only covered the Chumash.

As a result, you cannot say that the ????? ????? (i.e. the work that was produced) is the Septuagint that is extant today.

The Wolf

????? ????? = Septaguint (work produced, not actual writing)

I guess I’m not understanding your point. I’m not sure what you mean by “work produced, not actual writing.”

The Wolf

1) ??????? = to betroth

2) ??????? = a concubine

3) ?????? = phylacteries

some of these are, literally, one for the ages! hilarious!

Not Biblical, but related:

Ramba”m – Maimonides

Ramba”n – Nachmanides

Ralba”g – Gershonides