Weekly Blog

This week we return to a Hebrew text – but one that only contains a small portion of the Old Testament. This important text is known as the Samaritan Pentateuch.

One important resource is not in Hebrew or its sister tongue of Aramaic, but rather in Greek. This is the Greek translation of the Old Testament known as the Septuagint.

Catechism Question 51: How is the teaching of God’s Word summarized in the Apostles’ Creed?

If you were wondering what our church believes, this blog post explains it in detail.

The Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) are generally considered one of the most important archaeological finds of the 20th Century.

Over the next few posts, we will look at the most important manuscripts of the Old Testament. We begin with what is generally considered the most important Old Testament text – the Masoretic Text.

Today we will look at how scholars try to determine which “reading” is correct (closer to words in the original writing). This is known as textual criticism.

Today we will wrap this up with two final common errors those copying ancient manuscripts (again, not just the biblical texts – any ancient manuscript).

In these blog posts, we are looking at the transmission of the Biblical texts, and specifically at common errors that were made during the process of copying texts. Last time we looked at the first two common errors – mistaking similar letters, and a wrong division of words. Today we will look at a few more common errors those copying ancient manuscripts (not just the biblical texts – any ancient manuscript).

n these blog posts, we are looking at the transmission of the Biblical texts. Last time we saw that to get copies of the texts, highly skilled individuals had to laboriously make individual copies by hand. The people doing this prior to and during the time of the New Testament were known as scribes. During the history of the Church, this task was eventually taken over by monks. Today we will begin to look at common errors that those copying the texts made.