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Vetus Testamentum <strong>IOSOT</strong> (<strong>2013</strong>) 29-31<br />

Vetus<br />

Testamentum<br />

brill.com/vt<br />

OΥ Δια Χειρ Πρεσβεως ΟΥδε Δια Χειρ Σεραφ ΟΥδε<br />

Δια Χειρ ΑγγελοΥ<br />

Isa lxiii 9 (Gk) <strong>and</strong> the Passover Haggadah<br />

P. Winter<br />

London<br />

Isa lxiii 8, 9:<br />

M.T.:<br />

ויהי להם למושיע Ia: DS ויהי להמה למושיע בכל צרתם לא צר<br />

בכול צרתמה לוא צר<br />

ומלאך פניו הושיעם<br />

ומלאך פניו הושיעמה<br />

באהבתו ובחמלתו<br />

באהבתיו ובחומלתיו<br />

הוא נאלם<br />

הואה גאלמה<br />

וינטלם וינשאם<br />

וינשאם וינטלם<br />

Gk:<br />

καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῖς εἰς σωτηρίαν ἐκ πάσης θλίψεως αὐτῶν<br />

οὐ πρέσβυς οὐδέ ἄγγελος ἀλλ’ αὐτὸς ἔσωσεν αὐτούς<br />

διὰ τὸ ἀγαπᾷν αὐτοὺς καὶ φείδεσθαι αὐτῶν<br />

αὐτὸς ἐλυτρώσατο αὐτούς<br />

καὶ ἀνέλαβεν αὐτοὺς καὶ ὕψωσεν αὐτούς<br />

The difference of the Greek Text from the Hebrew may be accounted for, grammatically,<br />

by assuming that the translator read צִ‏ יר instead of ר inצָ‏ the second<br />

line. This explanation does not, however, absolve us of the necessity to explain<br />

the difference of the meaning in the Greek from that in the Hebrew Text.<br />

The Angel of the Presence is a religious concept that occurs in post-exilic<br />

Jewish writings quite frequently; suffice it to refer to Jubilees i 27, Daniel viii 16,<br />

ix 21, Testament of Levi xviii 5, Enoch xx, liv, lxxi, lxxxi, where the angels’ names<br />

are given, Luke i 19 <strong>and</strong> the Proseuche Ioseph.1 Isaiah of the Return (“Trito-<br />

Isaiah”) expresses the thought that it was this angel to whom the task was<br />

1) Origen, Commentary to John (MPG XIV 168/9).<br />

© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 1954 DOI: 10.1163/15685330-12340003

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