Chapter 4 A mysterious verse: “All the angels of God worship him”
Chapter 4 A mysterious verse: “All the angels of God worship him ” In the work of repositioning the Christian theology according to the classic reading of the Bible, we must compare manuscripts and evaluating playback variants which sometimes occur in certain places (verses). This is a vital duty to ensure that we are on the path followed by the early classic Christians. The Epistle to Hebrews chapter 1 contains some elements that need to be discussed carefully: We refer to a phrase from the Septuagint - a quote in verse 6 (“All the angels of God worship him”) - which in the ancient Hebrew text (the Masoretic text) does not exist at all. There is neither in the Samaritan text (Pentateuch) nor in certain versions (revisions) of the Septuagint. We will not find this phrase in the Old Testament as translated by many good and well known authors. How we make our decisions? How do we will interpret the missing text? A learned textual critic wrote that in a cave n...