Explore the reasons behind variations in Hebrew Old Testament texts and their impact on scripture.
How Are We to Explain the Scribal Errors in the Hebrew Manuscripts?
Understanding the Hebrew Texts of the Old Testament
Explore the significance of ancient Hebrew writings in the Scriptures.
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 →
How Should We Evaluate the Early Period of Copying the Hebrew Old Testament Manuscripts?
Discover the fascinating journey of how ancient Hebrew Old Testament texts were meticulously preserved through history.
The Old Testament Text
The Old Testament, the inspired Word of God, how was it copied, maintained as to the textual reliability, and handed down throughout the past three thousand years? It should be appreciated that what we possess today is nothing short of Word of God that the Old Testament writers penned throughout a 1,600-year period, from the... Continue Reading →
