A careful comparison of the Samaritan Pentateuch and the Masoretic Text strengthens confidence by exposing scribal tendencies and confirming the stable base text.
Comparative Readings: Understanding the Samaritan and Masoretic Texts
The Masoretic Text and the Critical Edition of the Hebrew Bible: Documentary Dominance and Limited Departures
The Masoretic Text dominates critical editions by documentary strength, while departures remain limited, evidence-driven, and carefully controlled.
The Mystery of Missing Verses: Exploring Omissions in Old Testament Manuscripts
Missing verses reflect traceable scribal mechanics and early textual forms, not lost Scripture. The evidence supports a stable Hebrew text.
Preservation and Restoration: The Journey of Old Testament Texts through History
Preservation and restoration explain how Jehovah’s Word endures through disciplined transmission and careful textual comparison.
Exodus 29:9—Old Testament Text and Translation Commentary
Exodus 29:9 upholds “Aaron and his sons,” addresses the Septuagint omission, and interprets “perpetual statute” and “fill the hand.”
Material Witness: Papyrus, Parchment, and the Transmission of Old Testament Texts
Papyrus and parchment shaped how the Old Testament was copied, preserved, and evaluated, grounding textual confidence in material evidence and disciplined transmission.
Syriac Versions of the Old Testament: An In-depth Study of the Peshitta
The Peshitta is a major Syriac witness that often confirms the Masoretic Text and illuminates Semitic translation and transmission.
The Interface of Textual Criticism and Biblical Exegesis in Old Testament Studies
How textual criticism supports Old Testament exegesis by stabilizing the Hebrew text, honoring the Masoretic tradition, and guiding interpretation.
Reading Between the Lines: The Art and Science of Textual Reconstruction in the Old Testament
Textual reconstruction restores the earliest recoverable Hebrew wording through disciplined evidence, confirming the Old Testament’s stability.
Exodus 21:17—Old Testament Text and Translation Commentary
Exodus 21:17’s “curses” is a stable Masoretic reading; the LXX “reviles” and the Gospel citations reflect the same moral category in Greek.
