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There are different versions of The Bible, which differ (among other things) in what books are included - in other words, which books are considered to be Holy Scripture. Ask any Christian denomination what Bible is authentic, and they will probably tell you it's theirs. I don't think there is any independent way to verify this.
Unfortunately, it will not be possible to obtain a Bible that is literally triue to the original texts. Not only were the original versions of the books revised and improved over time, the problem of manual copying gradually resulted in changes inadvertently creeping in. "Marginal glosses", originally intended as comments or clarifications, were sometimes incorporated into later copies, and material was added or changed to suit the times.
The Christian Old Testament is copied partly from the Hebrew text and partly from the the Septuagint ('LXX'), an early, flawed Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures. But even the Masoretic text is believed to differ from the Hebrew texts in use at the time the LXX was produced. Before 1881, all translations of the New Testament were based on copies of Greek manuscripts known as the Textus Receptus, which is Latin for Received Text. In the 19th and 20th centuries, older Greek manuscripts were discovered. These manuscripts have caused Bible scholars to revise what they believe was the correct text of the New Testament. The latest revision of this Greek Text is the United Bible Societies' 'The Greek New Testament' (published by United Bible Societies, 4th Edition, 1993) (abbreviated as UBS4). The UBS4 differs from the Received Text at thousands of points. In other words, the consensus of Bible Scholars is that, for at least a thousand years, the Christian church was using a Greek New Testament text which contained thousands of errors. The successive revisions of the UBS New Testament are widely accepted in the field of Biblical Studies, and have been used for modern translations such as the Revised Standard Version (RSV), New International Version (NIV) and New Revised Standard Version (NRSV). However, even these translations include traditional material such as Mark's "Long Ending" (Mark 16:9-20), which the USB4 omits.
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Hebrew Scriptures in the Jewish Bible?
Yes, the Jewish Bible is composed entirely of Hebrew scriptures, with the exception of a few passages in Aramaic.
What is another name for the Hebrew Bible in English?
The Tanakh; the Tanach; the Hebrew scriptures; the Jewish Bible.
What edition of the Hebrew Bible did the early christian community use?
The Early Christian community did not use an edition. They used the original Hebrew scriptures until they were first translated into Greek.
Where can you get the true translation of the original Hebrew scriptures?
there is no such thing as a "true translation". All translations are interpretations. The only way to read a perfectly accurate copy of the Bible is it read it in Hebrew.
Which part of the bible is considered to be the Hebrew scriptures?
The Old Testament.
What do we call the scriptures of the Hebrew people?
The Bible or the Tanakh (×ª× ×´×š)
What language is the Jewish scriptures?
The Tanach (Jewish Bible) is written in Hebrew.
The Hebrew Bible is equivalent to what?
The Christian "Old Testament" is based on the Hebrew Bible. It is a reworking of the original Hebrew text. Furthermore, the early Christian church changed the order of the books. The Hebrew Bible maintains the original order.
What is the Hebrew scriptures in the catholic tradition?
Catholics, and Christians in general, refer to the Hebrew Bible as the Old Testament. A more refined answer would note that Catholics accept the Apocrypha as canonical while Jews do not, so the Hebrew scriptures accepted by Catholics include the Jewish Hebrew Bible plus the Apocrypha.
How many words are in the original Bible in Hebrew and Greek languages?
Word Of God in the original Bible in language?? * Hebrew * Greek It's true!
What is the name for the the Books of the Law in the Hebrew scriptures?
There are 5 books of laws in the Hebrew Bible, and together they form the Torah (תורה).
Have the Hebrew Scriptures been exposed to modern scholarship?
Yes, for centuries, both in the original Hebrew and in translation. This scholarship ranges from religious commentary (such as Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan's recent "The Living Torah," which applies original modern research to the Tanakh), to "Bible-Criticism," and everything in between.
