l'importance de la septante dans une nouvelle ère de la critique textuelle

ABSTRACT The article presents two interconnected issues: the modified comprehension of Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible at the present moment and the study and interpretation of the Septuagint (LXX) in this new context. For a long time, the Masoretic Text (MT) has been considered as the main textual witness of the “original” Hebrew text. However, the renewed attention for the LXX, the revalorization of the ancient versions and especially the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Hebrew witnesses far older than the MT, eventually confirming variant readings in the LXX, raise the question ...