OLD TESTAMENT MANUSCRIPTS HOW TO

Since the Hebrew names are words originally significant of other things in the letters and the Greek are not. This is directly contrary to what one would have expected. 'The English names of the Hebrew letters are written with much less uniformity than those of the Greek because there has been more dispute respecting their powers. The Pronunciation of Words in the Masoretic Hebrew is Lost How was it possible for the translators to produce an 'inerrant' Bible, when the 'guardians of the so called 'inerrant' Hebrew text', did not know the meaning of many words and passages? Nearly all Christian Bibles rely on the Jewish Masoretic Hebrew text for translating the Old Testament into current languages. The Jews were the guardians of the Old Testament who were extremely diligent to preserve the text that not one jot or tittle was added or removed. We are usually told the Bible is inerrant.

Construction of the verses uncertain, etc.

The traditional reading madhebah is of unknown meaning,.

One shocking observation was discovering hundreds of footnotes as the following: In reviewing it, we discovered some interesting things. The copy of the Holy Scriptures produced by the Jewish Publication Society, being the Jewish Bible, does not contain the New Testament. The Meaning of Words in the Masoretic Hebrew is Lost And if they have changed the Word of God within the Masoretic Hebrew text, we must take care. And by adding the vowels, they changed the words, and by changing the words, they have changed the meaning of these words, and by changing the meaning of words, they have changed the Word of God. But this is what the Masorites blatantly did! There is not one place in the Masoretic Hebrew where they can show that God ever authorized them to change the original language by adding vowel points to it. We are not to take away or add to God's Word (Deuteronomy 4:2 12:32, Proverbs 30:6, Jeremiah 26:2, Revelation 22:18-19). We are not to tamper with the Word of God or His ordained languages, i.e., Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, English, etc. It was a mistake for God to omit vowels in His alphabet, so I must correct His mistake.' What has he now done to a language that was perfect at its conception? Can anybody improve on God? Can anybody do better than God Himself? If God intended for the Hebrew alphabet to have vowels, He would have added them himself! Why don't I start adding these little points in there and I'll re-create something here.

Now, if one starts taking liberties within himself and says, 'Gee, there aren't any vowels in this alphabet. This 10th century manuscript is what all bibles base their Old Testament translations on. The original Hebrew alphabet had only 22 letters and had no vowels.

OLD TESTAMENT MANUSCRIPTS HOW TO

There is not a man alive today who knows how to pronounce or read the original Hebrew language.Īround the 8th-10th century AD, the Masorites took the liberty within themselves to add vowel signs to the original Hebrew Alphabet. By the time bibles came around (in the 15th century), the original Hebrew had been lost, both the manuscripts and the language. The Old Testament found in bibles today is not even translated from the original Hebrew texts! They are translated from the Masoretic Hebrew texts (from the 8th-10th century AD), not the original Hebrew texts. Another reason why bibles are not reliable is because of the Old Testament manuscripts that bibles are translated from.

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