Origen LXX
Origen made is pretty clear when compiling the Hexapla that the ‘Septuagint’ was incomplete, fragmented and with more than a few versions around were together untrustworthy. Origen also disputed the authenticity of Paul’s epistles. The Hexapla follows the study of textual criticism.
[SIDE]Origen claimed that Matthew was originally written in Hebrew (which is wrong because the language simply does not work; too many instances of the Greek not matching up with an underlying Hebrew foundation) and does not provide any reasoning for his conclusions regarding the order of the composition of the gospels. Origen wrote extensively to counter Gnosticism: he had to counter the tendency in the 3rd century CE to write additional gospels and the tendency to rely solely on the Gospel of John. Origen was quick to condemn the gospels of Thomas, ‘The Twelve Apostles’ and Matthias but, sadly knew nothing of Q.
Filed by Frank at September 4th, 2008 under Religion