Vorlage, pre-existent Hebrew texts, the Septuagint and the papiri...

Oh the fun, oh the joy... I am editing a friend's book in my spare time. It is a magnificent piece of work! He is a Biblical scholar of great acclaim... However, when I face paragraphs like this I am reminded why I prefer hermeneutics to exegesis...

My Greek's not bad, but my Hebrew... Mmmmm... It's Greek to me (sort of!)