Questions of Reliability and/or Authorship

Admin: bertot and myself have a lively discussion going in a thread that has just past the 300 post limit. It is our hope that you will enable us to continue our debate in the New Thread I have briefly described below.Questions of Reliability and/or Authorship
The Scholarly & The Religious DebateWhat constitutes a Reliable Source Hebrew Text? And what translation of a particular Hebrew Text might be regarded as “The Word of God”?The Samaritan Pentateuch as compared to the Masoretic Hebrew Torah present variations in the Kethib {letter} consonantal Text. Which Kethib Hebrew Text is the most accurate and/or reliable? Is the Alexandrian-Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures equal in content and authority to either the Samaritan Pentateuch or the Masoretic Kethib Hebrew Torah, Prophesies & Scriptures?These are the focal questions this thread would like to explore from as many points of view as might be afforded: Scholarly, Religious, Linguistic, Historical, etc.The point of this thread in not to come up with an answer to the above questions, but rather to shine as bright a light as possible on this aspect of Biblical Research as well as Religious Doctrine.If Admin allows; let the discussions begin.All the best,
Ger

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