For our Hebrew Bibles we have three main groups of manuscripts to compare: the Masoretic Text group, the Samaritan Pentateuch group, and the Septuagint group. Each of these groups contain many manuscripts with the Masoretic Text group containing the most. In this episode of How We Got the Bible, we’re going to look at the history of how textual scholars have and continue to pour over all of this information and determine the best reading when they encounter differences in the texts.

—— Books ——

Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia ed. by Karl Elliger and Wilhelm Rudolph
Biblia Hebraica Quinta series (available as individual volumes)
Proverbs: An Eclectic Edition with Introduction and Textual Commentary by Michael V. Fox
Old Testament Textual Criticism by Ellis Brotzman and Eric Tully
Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible by Emmanuel Tov

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333 Bible 4 – Determining the Best Hebrew Reading