Re: 2 Kings 17:6 (was: Proto-Romance)
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, March 27, 2004, 22:34 |
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On Friday, March 26, 2004, at 08:16 AM, Ray Brown wrote:
> But while the Jews of the Diaspora has thus designated the books, in
> the
> Hebrew tradition a different nomenclature seems to have developed. The
> Mesoretic text (9th cent. CE) has them named, I believe, the 1st & 2nd
> of
> Samuel and the 1st & 2nd of Kings.
Technically it was just "Samuel" (Shemu'eil) and "Kings" (Melakhim),
just like Chronicles 1 and 2 were originally just one book, Chronicles
(Divrey-Hayamim). Ezra and Nehemia are one book also. I've always
heard that it was Christians at some point who decided to split up all
of these books into volumes (as well as inventing the chapter system).
-Stephen (Steg)
"Let them come.
There is one dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath."
~ gimli son of gloin, LotR:FotR (movie version, at least)
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