P. Derek Overfield PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

Ps 68: 18 known to the author of the epistle'.
The
key word in the argument of vv. 7-10, and the one
word that links th~
OT citation with the thoughts
expressed in vv. 1-16, is in fact ~OwXe,
and
consequently it is unlikely that the word was
inserted into the citation by the author of the
epistle in place of any other.
It is then at least
plausible to suggest that the version cited by the
author depends ultimately on an original Hebrew
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varlant.
But this internal evidence alone is
not sufficient for us to decide in favour of the
possibility of a variant textual tradition underlying
the citation of Ps 68:18 in v. 8.
As with
our discussion of the possibility of the citation
bein.g" based on the Targum, 1tle must nOl" leave the
matter for further discussion as under 2.3.1 below,
when the OT interpretation of Ps 68 and its possible
consequence for Ephesians will be discussed.
2.1. 3 A Modified Text
There is yet a third possibility: the
author of the epistle deliberately chose to alter
the LXX or MT text in order to obtain from the OT
citation a meaning more suited to his purpose than
was supplied by the text in its original form, so
/ /' /, /'
that "Ie predicateur chretien reconnait cette idee
dans la seconde proposition du psalmiste qu'il trans-
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