pinkvoy

Hi,
I've not read the Dead Sea Scrolls. I sort of read the OT, pretty boring. I have heard the Dead Sea Scrolls have the same O, minus Book of Ester, a boring book, but there are manuscript variations. What are these?

John Kesler

There are numerous variations, as can been seen by looking at the footnotes in the NRSV for example, which will note when the translated text comes from the DSS, LXX or MT if there are differences. Some of the more notable examples are the translations of Isaiah 45:7 and Deuteronomy 32:8-9. You may also want to read Ian Hutchesson's site about the DSS.

jgreen44

Deuteronomy 32:8-9 preserved in Greek (Septuagint) and the Dead Sea Scrolls:

"When the Most High (Elyon) allotted peoples for inheritance,

When He divided up humanity,

He fixed the boundaries for peoples,

According to the number of the divine sons:

For Yahweh’s portion is his people,

Jacob His own inheritance."


Looks like some Jews as recently as the 1st century AD did not see Yahweh as the Father God but rather as a son (one of seventy sons) of the Father God, El.

http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/...notheism.shtml

andrewcriddle

See The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible (or via: amazon.co.uk) for a translation of the Qumran Biblical texts and notes for where the text differs from the traditional one.

Andrew Criddle