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Steven Carr steven@bowness.demon.co.uk
Sat, 11 Oct 1997 22:09:39 +0100 (00876625779, FTcnQGATs+P0Ewxg@bowness.demon.co.uk)
In message <971011170258_712898503@emout20.mail.aol.com>,
Heretic7@aol.com writes
>In a message dated 97-10-10 17:37:56 EDT, you write:
>
><< John uses the same word for tunic that is used in Leviticus 16:4 to
>describe the High Priest's tunic. >>
>
>What do you mean by "the same word"? ... I thought that Leviticus, as OT, was
>written in Hebrew, and John, as NT, in Greek. Does John use the Hebrew term
>in the original texts? Is something involved that I am not aware of? Or am
>I hopelessly muddled in my understanding of the Old and New Testaments ...
The early Christians almost always used the Septuagint, the Greek
translation of the Old Testament.