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BH · 01-30-2011, 11:05 AM

I have read in various works that different manuscripts of Jeremiah can very in their length up to 1/8 of the toal work. Acts has some versions out there that are 10 percent shorter than others.

Where can I find sources that planly lay out where I can find what parts are ommitted in some manuscripts and perhaps others added?

Toto · 01-30-2011, 11:36 AM

For Acts, there is a chart at

Textual_variants_in_the_New_Testament#Acts_of_the_ Apostles.

Toto · 01-30-2011, 11:48 AM

For Jeremiah, there is a standard Hebrew text, the Masoretic, but also a Greek translation of what is assumed to be an earlier Hebrew text, the Septuagint. The Dead Sea Scrolls revealed two variants of Jeremiah, one of which seems closer to the Septuagint.

Septuagint

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Based on an earlier Hebrew original, the Septuagint departs from the Masoretic text* frequently. "The book of Jeremiah is noteworthy," for instance, "in that the present Hebrew text differs substantially from the Greek version (the Septuagint) in both content and order. Thus the Septuagint omits several passages (e.g., 33.14-26) and combines the oracles against foreign nations into a single section following 25.14, though in a different order. In addition, there are many smaller differences from verse to verse. Remarkably, among the portions of the text of Jeremiah in Hebrew that are found among the Dead Sea Scrolls are not only those that reflect the standard Hebrew text but also those that reflect the text tradition represented by the Septuagint. It is likely, then, that these two text traditions represent the contrasting editorial work on the book of Jeremiah that took place in Egypt (the Septuagint tradition) and in Palestine or Babylon (the traditional Hebrew text)." [Introduction to the book of Jeremiah, The New Oxford Annotated Bible (or via: amazon.co.uk), page 960.] Around the end of the first century, the Hebrew text was standardized to a form nearly identical with the modern Masoretic text. Variant readings, such as those represented in the Septuagint, were no longer transmitted in the Hebrew language.

dockeen · 01-30-2011, 02:00 PM

I ran across this the other day:

http://www.holysmoke.org/hs00/accurate.htm

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Toto Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Los Angeles area Posts: 40,549	For Acts, there is a chart at Textual_variants_in_the_New_Testament#Acts_of_the_ Apostles.

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dockeen Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Florida Panhandle Posts: 9,176	I ran across this the other day: http://www.holysmoke.org/hs00/accurate.htm

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