OT Quotes in NT: My New Project

Kevin Becker said:

Robert Pavich said:

I like this....but I have one question....how do I differentiate between a quote and allusion...I know that you said it was subjective....but is there a resource that draws this dividing line so I can get started?

I can't think of a resource off the top of my head that delineates a dividing line. Quotes use the same words, allusions use similar words. A quotation is a deliberate invoking of an OT passage whereas an allusion may just be present because the author was so immersed in the OT. So if you are in doubt about a specific example you can consult these to help make a determination

1. Does the NA27 put it in italics? What it considers quotes are italicized.
2. What does the NET Bible say? It is normally pretty good at  identifying quotes and allusions.
3. If still in doubt a technical commentary or something like the Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old should finish tipping it one way or the other.

Does this help? Even if you end up mis-classifying something here or there you will still end up better understanding how the NT authors use the OT.

The line between quote and allusion is necessarily fuzzy. You cannot use an identical words criteria because approximately 70% of NT quotations are from the Gr. Septaugint, and are not always word for word.

 There are numerous resources that will give an exhaustive list of quotations.

Kevin Becker said:

A number of recent threads about searching for the quotations in the New Testament of the Old Testament has prompted a new project for me. I am manually highlighting the quotations and setting up a framework to highlight allusions to the OT.

Did you forget about

Beale, G. K. and D. A. Carson. Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI; Nottingham, UK: Baker Academic; Apollos, 2007.

and

Philipps, H. David. Old Testament Quotes in the New Testament. Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2009.

I don't like re-inventing the wheel.

George Somsel said:

Philipps, H. David. Old Testament Quotes in the New Testament. Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2009.

Thank you Don,

Don't know how I missed that one. But, when I typed in Old Testament Quotes sure enough the resource field populated with the Philipps book. [:$]

Lee said:

George Somsel said:

Philipps, H. David. Old Testament Quotes in the New Testament. Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2009.

    Link please? Couldn't locate this in a product search.

I don't know what the problem is since I have it right in front of my nose, but I can't find it on Logos' site either.  Perhaps it was discontinued?

George Somsel said:

One of these days your knowledge of Hebrew may improve enough that you will want to use one of the "big brother" lexicons to the Strong's.

I don't have a problem using those, George...I use them all the time. They simply aren't as useful in many cases. Most of those, for instance, don't indicate syllabic stress, whereas Strong's does. As I know I have explained before, if L3 had a means for allowing a user to switch the hover pop-up to another resource other than Strong's, I might take advantage of it, but it doesn't.

Fwiw, just the other day I was doing some study on a word, and the HALOT entry was the worst of all. The New Strong's Dictionary (not the same as the Strong's Lexicon) was the best, with BDB being its equal, only with much additional (and unnecessary & unhelpful) information. HALOT's entry was so skimpy you could say it was in error.

David Paul said:

Fwiw, just the other day I was doing some study on a word, and the HALOT entry was the worst of all. The New Strong's Dictionary (not the same as the Strong's Lexicon) was the best, with BDB being its equal, only with much additional (and unnecessary & unhelpful) information. HALOT's entry was so skimpy you could say it was in error.