Mencari Jejak-jejak Autograf Perjanjian Lama di dalam Septuaginta

For too long the Septuagint, the first translation of the Hebrew Old Testament, has been sidelined and not given a credible hearing in seeking to discern the text of the original autographs of the Old Testament which have been lost in antiquity. Even though that has been the case, the new direction in recent textual studies, which has focused on the meaning of the original autographs of the Old Testament, has recognized that the Septuagint has a significant contribution to make within this field of study. This position has been supported by Biblical scholars who have employed the Text Critical method in determining the authoritative text of the Old Testament. They employ the Text Critical method in their comparison of the Masoretic Text, the Samaritan Pentateuch, The Dead Sea Scrolls and most recently, the Septuagint to find traces of the original OT autographs.Untuk sekian lama, Septuaginta sebagai terjemahan Kitab Suci Ibrani yang pertama telah dipinggirkan dan tidak memperoleh tempat dalam usaha untuk mencari autograf (naskah asli Alkitab) Perjanjian Lama yang telah lama hilang itu. Namun demikian, perkembangan terbaru dalam studi terhadap naskah-naskah kuno Alkitab justru menunjukkan bahwa Septuaginta memiliki sumbangsih besar dalam pencarian autograf Perjanjian Lama. Hal ini dibuktikan melalui penggunaan metode kritik tekstual oleh para sarjana Alkitab, yakni dengan melakukan penelitian dan perbandingan terhadap naskah-naskah kuno Alkitab Perjanjian Lama, seperti Teks Masoret, Pentateukh Samaria, Gulungan Laut Mati, dan Septuaginta