Those who have studied the biblical manuscripts in the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) are aware that they preserve a variety of textual families, including some that agree with the Masoretic Text (56), the Samaritan Pentateuch (5), the Septuagint (7), or unaligned (57). What are we to make of this plurality? Anthony Ferguson who has a Read more about How Reliable are the Masoretic Texts?[…]
Last time we looked at the Hebrew manuscripts known as the Masoretic Texts from the middle ages. Today, we’ll focus on the earliest Hebrew manuscripts ever found, including those at the Cairo Genizah, the Ein-Gedi Scroll, the Nash Papyrus, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Ketef Hinnom Silver Scroll. This is going to be very Read more about 331 Bible 2 – Earliest Hebrew Manuscripts[…]
Today we are beginning a major new class on how we get our English Bibles. I’m so excited about sharing with you so much about what I’ve learned in doing the research for this project. We’re going to have a great time together. My goal here is to cover the transmission of manuscripts and translation Read more about 330 Bible 1 – The Masoretic Text[…]
In preparation for Restoration Fellowship’s Theological Conference, I began work on a research paper to explain how the process of Bible translation works. While putting this paper together, I kept coming across important topics that I felt uncomfortable excluding. Whenever possible I prioritized brevity over thoroughness and still the “paper” grew beyond the 10 page Read more about Bible Translation Sources and Theory[…]