The question, of course, is, lacking anything verifiably close to an Urtext, how would you know? In fact, weren't you the one who pointed to the DSS as evidence? Would it surprise you to find OT verses where the RSV stands much closer to both the LXX & DSS variants?

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09-12-2005 4:38 PM

Reply to: Message 146 by jar
09-12-2005 3:27 PM

Re: Once again on Canon

Absolutely.

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09-30-2005 2:56 PM

Re: The Bible: It's a powerful organization of redemptive words

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99.5% of the text we have today is not in dispute, we have over 5,000 ancient manuscripts ...
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There are many more copies of the Wizard of Oz with far fewer variants. Your point?

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