Textual criticism in the prophetic books reveals real challenges, yet the manuscript evidence confirms a stable, trustworthy text.
Textual Criticism and Prophetic Books: Navigating the Challenges
Archaeology and the Old Testament
Archaeology anchors the Old Testament in real places and records—inscriptions, archives, burn layers, and manuscripts that fit the Bible’s history.
The Role of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Old Testament Textual Criticism
The Dead Sea Scrolls confirm the reliability of the Old Testament text and illuminate its transmission during the Second Temple period.
The Great Isaiah Scroll and Its Damaged Exemplar: Reassessing Textual Omissions in 1QIsaᵃ
The Great Isaiah Scroll’s omissions reflect a damaged exemplar, not a pre-Masoretic stage, reaffirming the MT’s textual reliability.
Orthographic Variation Readings in Isaiah 28:10 and 28:13 in the Great Isaiah Scroll
Orthographic variants in Isaiah 28:10 and 28:13 in the Great Isaiah Scroll reveal ancient scribal practices and shed light on early textual transmission of the Hebrew Bible.
Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaa) AKA the Great Isaiah Scroll
Please Support the Bible Translation Work of the Updated American Standard Version (UASV)$5.00Click here to purchase. The Isaiah Scroll, designated 1QIsaa and also known as the Great Isaiah Scroll, is one of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls[1] that were first discovered by Bedouin[2] shepherds in 1946 from Qumran[3] Cave 1.[4] The scroll is written in Hebrew and contains the entire Book of Isaiah from beginning to end, apart... Continue Reading →
