[Elendur]

thanks for posting this. very cool!

i wish to understand the Bible the best i can.
and i much prefer to have the oldest possible copies,
and translations from them.
(i read that in one very ancient scroll, the “666” was actually “616”...)

” The Book of Jeremiah is now one-seventh longer than the one that appears in some of the 2,000-year-old manuscripts known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. “

i don’t doubt, that some have tried to add or subtract from Scripture in the past 2,000 years.

[Buggman]

(i read that in one very ancient scroll, the “666” was actually “616”...)

True, but Irenaeus in the 2nd Century was aware of the 616 number going around and soundly blasted it, insisting that the true number was 666 and even giving several examples of names that fit the requisite number. Since he was the disciple of Polycarp, who was a disciple of the same John who penned Revelation in the first place, I consider him to be a good source on the subject.

Shalom