Greek translators and simultaneously deny that inspiration to Isaiah himself! Thus, in a given passage, we are not obliged to choose between the inherited Hebrew and Greek readings. It is quite legitimate to accept both, each of them representing a different stage in the development of the biblical tradition. This approach, which I think both reasonable and respectful, will be taken in the present book, where both the Christian and Jewish copies of Genesis are consulted. The question of the canonical
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