31. THE FIFTEEN EXTRAORDINARY POINTS
OF
THE SOPHERIM.
The
Appendixes were written by Dr. E.W. Bullinger.
There
are fifteen words which present an abnormal appearance in the
printed Hebrew Bibles. These are of the utmost importance, as
they
represent the most ancient result of Textual Criticism on the part of
the
Sopherim.
Ten
of these words are in the Pentateuch, and five occur in the Prophets
and Hagiographa.
Some
are without effect as to translation or interpretation; others
are more important, and will be noted in the passages were they
occur.
The following is the list. (For further information see Dr.
Ginsburg's
Introduction
to the Hebrew Bible, pp.
318-34) :
- Gen. 16:5.
- Gen. 18:9.
- Gen. 19:33, 35.
- Gen. 33:4.
- Gen. 37:12.
- Num. 3:39.
- Num. 9:10.
- Num. 21:30.
- Num. 29:15.
- Deut. 29:29.
- 2Sam. 19:29.
- Isa. 44:9.
- Ezek. 41:20.
- Ezek. 46:22.
- Ps. 27:13.
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