On Thursday 05 December 2002 07:04 am, John Gardner wrote: > 1) Christ himself (and the apostles) quoted the septuagint (as opposed to > the original hebrew) as authoritative. Did they? Are you sure that wasn't an adaptation of the kind that keeps now-extinct place-names current? Anyway, if we are seriously willing to learn, God's teaching will reach us one way or another. Cheers; Leon