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To: papertyger; puppetz
the Bible has gone through numerous revisions, edits, collections of writings,

Yes I wanted to comment on this comment. Torah scrolls are meticulously replicated by the faithful who do so because they believe it is necessary to do so. Not only are the words of contemporary scrolls identical in word, but the way in which the characters are drawn is identical. The people who write the scrolls are trained to do it and there has not been any evidence of major changes in the Torah scrolls themselves from, for example, archeological and historic segments of scrolls found around the world.

Yes, it may be a compilation of larger or multiple works, but by and large the changes that have occurred were by translation from Hebrew to Greek to Roman to Latin to the many Latin Languages, each translation losing and morphing its meaning.

I have every confidence that any Torah scroll you find in any Synagogue will be virtually identical to any other you can find anywhere.

214 posted on 12/12/2004 9:56:45 PM PST by monkeyshine
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To: monkeyshine

ABSOLUTELY.

AND THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS CONFIRMED THE ACCURATE TRANSMISSION OF THE DOCUMENTS INCREDIBLY VIVIDLY.


236 posted on 12/12/2004 10:27:20 PM PST by Quix (5having a form of godliness but denying its power. I TIM 3:5)
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