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HEXAPLA

An important work of biblical criticism written by Origen. The name Hexapla derives from its six columns of parallel texts (the Hebrew text, the Hebrew text transliterated into Greek characters, and the Greek versions of Aquila, Symmachus, the LXX, and Theodotion). In the LXX column, Origen marked with an obelus those passages present in Greek but not found in his Hebrew column. When the LXX lacked material found in Hebrew, Origen would insert the passage from one of the other Greek columns (which were closer textually to the Hebrew) and mark the insertion with an asterisk. Although the Hexapla in its entirety was apparently never copied, the LXX column was copied repeatedly. Unfortunately, many copies omitted Origen’s textual marks, thus introducing a significant amount of contamination into the textual tradition of the LXX. Only a few fragments of copies of the Hexapla or of its fifth column are extant. One of the most important witnesses to Origen’s work is the 7th-century Syriac translation of the fifth column — complete with textual marks — attributed to Paul of Tella, known as the Syro-Hexapla.

James R. Adair, jr.

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HEXAPLA

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)