Talk:MMST

LXX hint

@Funhistory: hi. I see that you've created and written most of this article some 13 years ago. Thank you for it! I would like to ask you for a clarification.

The article read until a minute ago "In further support of a place name interpretation is the notion that MMST was lost from the Hebrew Masoretic text, but preserved via a corrupt Greek transliteration in the Septuagint version of the Book of Joshua (Rainey, 1982, p. 59):", followed by a list of eleven place names.

Nowhere in the list is there a Greek place name whose consonants would fit even remotely the MMST Hebrew spelling. Which one might have been corrupted beyond recognition from M_m_s_t? Does Rainey offer a solution? I have now edited the text the way I understood it w/o having access to Rainey's article (don't feel like paying USD10), but please do make it more explicit. The list format takes sooo much space, but doesn't really bring much to help understanding Rainey's theory. Thank you, Arminden (talk) 15:30, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Phonetically identical "variants"

@Funhistory: since we're at it: I have grouped the different readings by phonetic equivalence. I was a slightly bit unsure only about two issues, as each author can choose their own transliteration system, so rules don't necessarily apply:

t = th (Mamshat = Mamshath for instance)
cons.-e-cons. = cons.-cons. (Mamshat = Mameshat), like in Shemuel = Shmuel (Yeivin).

Can you please take a look at the concrete variants in the article? It definitely makes no sense to list separately as different readings pseudo-variants that actually read identically. Thanks!

PS: what does "mumsa" mean in Arabic? Arminden (talk) 15:42, 1 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]