Thank you all for your very helpful posts and links. Keep them coming! Whether I convince my friend eventually or not, I am enjoying the learning experience and the opportunity to contend for my faith.

Another question:

Did the KJV translators make use of the LXX? Specifically, how did they come up with the translation of Psalm 22:16........"they pierced my hands and my feet" as opposed to "like a lion at my hands and feet."

My friend says that before the uncovering of the DSS (Dead Sea Scrolls), there were virtually no authoritative mss with a Hebrew basis for this reading. The only textual foundation for this reading was the LXX. He also says the only difference in rendering this passage differently is whether there is a jod or a vav.

Shalom,

Tandi