Masoretic Text

“How accurately has the book of Isaiah been copied over the centuries? Gavin Ortlund responds to Alex O’Connor, arguing that the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls was a remarkable confirmation of the prior Masoretic Text.” - Gavin Ortlund

Scholars in this out-of-the-way corner of the Hebrew University campus have been quietly at work for 53 years on one of the most ambitious projects attempted in biblical studies — publishing the authoritative edition of the Old Testament, also known as the Hebrew Bible, and tracking every single evolution of the text over centuries and millennia.

Masoretic Text

Rebutting Alex’s Rebuttal of my Rebuttal of His Rebuttal of Wes’ Comments on Joe Rogan

"The sacred text that people revered in the past was not the same one we study today."

Since 2005