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KRISEL, William. Was the Levite's Concubine Unfaithful or Angry? A Proposed Solution to the Text Critical Problem in Judges 19:2. Old testam. essays [online]. 2020, vol.33, n.3, pp.473-489. ISSN 2312-3621.  http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2312-3621/2020/v33n3a7.

Judges 19:2 poses a text critical problem that has vexed scholars for over a century. According to the MT, the Levite's concubine left her husband and returned to her father's house in Bethlehem because she had "played the harlot against him." According to LXX^A, the woman left her husband because she was "angry with him." However, no other Greek, Latin or Aramaic variant of the verse supports MT or LXX^A. This article proposes a new hypothesis for understanding the relationship among the various textual variants of Judg 19:2. It will be argued that the earliest Vorlage used the verb –”— in the hitpa 'el form which has the meaning "to be furious". This Vorlage is reflected in LXX^A. Later scribes then read the verb –”— in the qal form that has multiple meanings that depend on context. LXX^B translated the verb in Greek with the meaning of "to move on". In contrast, Pseudo-Philo interpreted the verb with the meaning of "to transgress". The MT, which emended "to transgress" to "to play the harlot" , represents the final stage in the redaction process.

Palavras-chave : Judges 19:2; Textual criticism; Septuagint; Pseudo-Philo; Masoretic Text.

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