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BAR Article on How Errors Crept into the Bible

The following article is from Biblical Archaeology Review and was brought to my attention by Professor Jim Davila’s post at PaleoJudaica.com. The article addresses the significant issue of errors that have been found in the biblical text and how this affects the versions we read today.  The study is based on comparisons between the biblical texts found among the Dead [...]
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On Corruptions in the Biblical Text: Ancient and Modern

I have recently been sitting in on a postgraduate course taught by Kristin de Troyer that deals with textual criticism of the Bible.  Professor de Troyer is excellent and has opened my eyes considerably as to the complexity of the history of the development of our biblical texts.  Instead of trying to explain it all [...]
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