Modern Old Testament translations closely resemble the text of the Dead Sea Scrolls. To what percentage do modern OT translations resemble the text of the Dead Sea Scrolls? Where are the differences found?

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Priscilla

14 December, 13:08

Modern Old Testament translations closely resemble the text of the Dead Sea Scrolls. To what percentage do modern OT translations resemble the text of the Dead Sea Scrolls? Where are the differences found?

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Jerimiah Nelson · Answer 1

There are differences in spelling and grammar in 95%

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Dead Sea Scrolls are manuscripts written by Masoretes. Masoretes were Jewish dedicated to study and organize holy manuscripts. Dead Sea Scrolls remaind hidden during some time and they were discovered approximately in the year 600 B. C. Some years later, scientists studied the scrolls, the style of writing and Its poetry and they discovered some differences regards grammar and spelling between the first version found in the Old Testament and the one found in the Scrolls. Nowadays, Modern Old Testament translations are quite similar to the Dead Sea Scrolls written by the Masoretes.