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 five hundred years?
Textual Studies of the Hebrew Bible
Unraveling the Ancient Secrets: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Nash Papyrus
Dive into the intriguing history of the Nash Papyrus, one of the oldest known Hebrew manuscripts. Explore its significance, controversies, and enduring impact on biblical textual studies.
HOW WE GOT The Old Testament
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 five hundred years?
UASV DAILY DEVOTIONAL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2022
Dishonesty and Deception
Proverbs 10:10 Updated American Standard Version (UASV)
10 He who winks the eye causes trouble, and the one foolish of lips will be trampled down.
Why Can We Trust the Transmission of the Hebrew Text?
Discover why we can trust the transmission of the Hebrew text, despite the many centuries that have passed since its composition. Learn about the careful copying practices of the Hebrew scribes, the existence of multiple copies and traditions, the Masoretic tradition, and the archaeological evidence and discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls that confirm the accuracy and consistency of the Hebrew text over time.
David’s Reign: A Historical Examination of Israel’s Greatest King
King David was one of the most important figures in the history of Israel. He unified the kingdom, defeated its enemies, and established Jerusalem as its capital. Recent archaeological evidence has confirmed the existence of David and his reign.
What Language Did Jesus Christ, His Apostles, and Early Christians Speak?
Jesus was likely fluent in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Latin. He was a perfect human with a perfect mind, after all. Aramaic was the common language where he grew up, with Greek being the lingua franca for the Roman Empire as a whole, and Hebrew did not begin to wane in Palestine until after the destruction of Jerusalem by Rome in 70 C.E. The synagogues used the Hebrew text. Jesus could have taught in Greek at times if the need arose. However, as the article shows, it is much more complex than this, as complex as this may sound.
Samaritan Pentateuch, Important Witness to the Early Textual History of the First Part of the Hebrew Bible
After the deportation of inhabitants of Samaria and the ten-tribe kingdom of Israel by Assyria in the middle of the 8th century B.C.E., pagans from other territories of the Assyrian Empire were settled there by Assyria. (2 Ki. 17:22-33) In time they came to be called “Samaritans.” They accepted the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures and in about the fourth century B.C.E. they produced the Samaritan Pentateuch, not really a translation of the original Hebrew Pentateuch, but a transliteration of its text into Samaritan characters, mixed with Samaritan idioms. Few of the extant manuscripts of the Samaritan Pentateuch are older than the thirteenth century C.E. Of about 6,000 differences between the Samaritan and the Hebrew texts, by far the majority are unimportant. One variation of interest appears in Exodus 12:40, where the Samaritan Pentateuch corresponds to the Septuagint.
How Did We Get 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?
GENESIS 5:1 BDC: Can We Trust Bible Chronology?
Many archaeologists and anthropologists date modern man back to at least 10,000 years ago. How are we to reconcile this when Bible Chronology takes us back to just a little over 6,000 years? It seems that some scholars who call themselves conservative or fundamentalist, who are supposed to believe that the original texts that contribute to our modern Bibles are “God-breathed” and fully inerrant, are not so conservative at times.
