The Septuagint: A Critical Analysis - Christian Mission Connection

The Authenticity of the LXX Chapter 3
This author has thoroughly examined and compared each of Horne's citations as well as another
exhaustive compilation. My rigorous independent analysis yielded far different results than those of
Horne and many other commentaries, encyclopedias, Bible dictionaries etc. They pretend that these
passages are undeniable indicators – indeed, veritable "proof texts" – that the New Testament
writers were quoting from the LXX rather than th e Hebrew Masoretic text. Great exception is taken
by the current author (FNJ) - yea, he vehemently challenges, disputes and calls into question the
contentions published therein.
Special scrutiny was given to those passages that were said to be "quotatio ns agreeing verbatim with
the Septuagint, or only changing the Person, Number & c. (sic) [Case]", designated heretofore as
category I. Exceptional effort was put forth on that category because its contents represented the 85
best examples, the absolutely most impressive evidence, in support of their thesis. Though equal
energy has been given in the investigation of the 49 passages contained in the second category and
the 37 in the third, only examples from category I have been chosen for inclusion in this work. This
was done to set at naught the unjust accusation that this author was merely "nit- picking", being
u n f a i r , o u t o f c o n t e x t , a v o i d i n g t h e m o s t u n d e n i a b l e p r o o f o r – at the very least – p u e r i l e .
HEBREW
1. Deuteronomy 6:16