Genesis fragments from the Dead Sea Scrolls reveal early continuity with the Masoretic Text while requiring careful distinctions about surviving evidence.
Dead Sea Scrolls Genesis Fragments: Alignments with the Masoretic Text in Key Passages
Jerome’s Return to Hebrew: The Vulgate and Old Latin in the Historical Books
How Jerome’s Hebrew-based Vulgate differs from Old Latin, with concrete examples from Ruth and Samuel.
Masoretic Marginal Notes in Codex Leningrad: Tiqqune Sopherim Examples Explained
Examine Codex Leningrad, the Masorah, and seven biblical examples that clarify the evidence behind the Tiqqune Sopherim.
Origen’s Hexapla and Theodotion’s Daniel: Tracing the Greek Text to Its Hebrew and Aramaic Base
Origen’s Hexapla reveals how the Old Greek and Theodotion’s Daniel relate to the book’s Hebrew and Aramaic text.
Has the Text of the Bible Been Corrupted?
The Bible has textual variants, but its original wording and message have not been lost or destroyed.
The Samaritan Pentateuch in Exodus: Harmonistic Additions and Scribal Expansions
Exodus reveals how the Samaritan Pentateuch expanded parallel accounts, harmonized laws, and inserted the Mount Gerizim command.
Qumran Psalm Scrolls: Variants in 11QPs^a and Implications for Canonical Order
11QPsᵃ shows variant psalm order and added compositions, but the Masoretic Psalter remains the canonical Hebrew base.
Psalm 110:1: Jehovah, the Lord, and the Messiah: A Textual and Theological Examination
Psalm 110:1 distinguishes Jehovah from David’s Lord while exalting the Messiah as King, Priest, and appointed ruler at God’s right hand.
Aramaic Targum Onkelos on the Pentateuch: Paraphrastic Renderings and Textual Insights
Targum Onkelos confirms the Hebrew Pentateuch while clarifying difficult wording through careful Aramaic paraphrase.
The Septuagint in Jeremiah: Major Rearrangements and Their Relation to Hebrew Vorlage
The Greek Jeremiah reflects a shorter Hebrew Vorlage, but the Masoretic Text preserves the fuller final Hebrew form.
