Hallo Kenneth,Kenneth Greifer wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 6:19 amIf the Dead Sea scrolls' version of Isaiah and the Masoretic version of Isaiah have 2,600 minor spelling differences, then it kind of proves that the people of the past were very willing to either add or take away letters from some parts of the Hebrew Bible. That is not a minor thing to do if you want to know what the Hebrew Bible said originally.Jason Hare wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 7:15 amSpelling differences. Minor indeed.Kenneth Greifer wrote: ↑Thu Jul 01, 2021 12:51 pm Here is a site that lists the differences between the MT and the Dead Sea scrolls for just Isaiah 53.
https://drmsh.com/michaelsheiser/Letter ... sIsa53.pdf
Look at it and tell me if these are minor differences or not.
I do take issue with this statement. Think of the ways that the certsin 'christian' sects have published their own versions of Bibles, think of the Jehovahs witnesses for example and their subtle Greek renderings. Now then, consider this, there is orthodox and then there is everything else. There were sects of Jewish off-shoots, and subtle changes in what one believes are reflected in various translations of scripture. Those dead sea scrolls were not written by orthodox scribes. You either accept what has remained consistently produced of hundreds of years, or you question it based on scraps of paper discovered 70 years ago written by probably a few uneducated wine babbling disaffected Jews whose beliefs differed from the orthodox of the day.and so broke away Just like we have too many christian sects.
One also has to consider the incredible lengths the masoretes went to with their commentaries on the scripture and the Keri and Quetiv renderings. So adamant about NOT changing what was handed down. Is God the author of confusion or is man?
Chris watts