Made the Biblioblog Top 50 Blog (though I’m not in the top 50 :)
Posted by John on September 12, 2009
Thanks to the guys over at Biblioblog Top 50 for listing this humble blog among their links and for their post which announced it. I encourage the reader, who is interested in biblical studies, to check out this blog. I’m sure there is something there for everyone!
stephan huller said
I have a question that maybe you could help me with (this is a referral from the Biblioblog site). I have read in a number of sites that Dan 4:34 LXX is the only place where apolytrosis appears in the Septuagint. Yet I have checked for myself and don’t see it. Where is the apolytrosis reference in Dan 4:34 LXX?
Thanks so much
John said
Stephan,
Thanks for stopping by! The reading is as follows: και επι τελεια των επτα ετων ο χρονος μου της απολυτρωσεως ηλθε… I guess I would translate this as follows: and at the culmination/summation of the seven years my time of redemption came…
The word does occur in the LXX version of Daniel. Perhaps you were looking at the Theodotion version of Daniel, which does not contain the the word in question. NETS (Dan. 4:30c) translates as “my redemption.”
Thanks for stopping by. Why are you researching apolutrosis?
Jim Hamilton said
John,
Hey man, does your RSS feed work on your site? I tried to add you to my google reader and couldn’t get it to work.
Blessings!
Jim
John said
Jim,
I think it does. I added my own site to my google reader to test it once, and it worked fine. Maybe try it again? Let me know if it continues to be a problem.
Blessings,
John