Explore the journey of the Hebrew texts through history and why their transmission can be trusted.
Why Can We Trust the Transmission of the Hebrew Text?
OTTC GENESIS 2:2: “on the sixth day God finished his work” or “on the seventh day God finished his work.”?
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran initiated a significant revision of this negative perspective. Among the multiplicity of texts at Qumran, researchers found fragments that share essential characteristics with the SP ...
OTTC GENESIS 1:26: “and over all the earth” or “over all the wild animals of the earth”?
Codex Leningrad B 19A is the earliest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Scriptures (c. 1008 C.E.), which serves as a primary source for the recovery of details in the missing parts of the Aleppo Codex. The Aleppo Codex is an important Hebrew Masoretic manuscript from about 930 C.E. Codex Leningrad and the Aleppo Codex are the two most important Hebrew Old Testament manuscripts. ...
OTTC JUDGES 3:22: “dirt” or “entrails” or “dung” or “excrement” or “waste” or “refuse” or “filth” or not translated?
When Eglon fell to the ground and expired, his bowels relaxed and discharged their contents. This seems the most likely interpretation of the enigmatic expression wayyēṣēʾ happaršĕdōnâ at the end of v. 22.
Mistakes Were Made In Copying God’s Word. Was the Purity of the Bible Text Threatened?
Explore the journey of biblical manuscripts and the challenges faced in preserving the original message. Was the truth compromised?
How Well Has the Old Testament Text Been Preserved?
Discover the journey of the Old Testament texts through history. Explore the evidence behind their preservation.
How Were the Inspired Books of the Hebrew Old Testament Preserved from Moses Down to Ezra?
Discover the journey of sacred texts through centuries: how they were kept intact from ancient times.
How Are We to Explain the Scribal Errors in the Hebrew Manuscripts?
Explore the reasons behind variations in Hebrew Old Testament texts and their impact on scripture.
HEBREW TEXT: Earliest Translated Versions
Versions are translations of the Bible from Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek into other languages (or Hebrew into Greek). Translation work has made the Word of God accessible to billions of persons, who are incapable of understanding the original Biblical languages. The early versions of the Scriptures were handwritten and were, therefore, in the form of... Continue Reading →
HEBREW TEXT: The Hebrew Language
Hebrew is the language in which the thirty-nine inspired books of the Old Testament were penned, apart from the Aramaic sections in Ezra 4:8–6:18; 7:12–26; Dan. 2:4b–7:28; Jer. 10:11, as well as a few other words and phrases from Aramaic and other languages. The language is not called “Hebrew” in the Old Testament. At Isaiah... Continue Reading →
