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Lecture 3: Text of the Old Testament

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Text of the Old Testament

Language of the Old Testament

Hebrew Text

Pre-Masoretic Text
Masoretic Text (MT)

The Greek Text

Septuagint (LXX)
Later Greek Translations

Other Textual Witnesses

  • Peshitta (Syriac)
  • Vulgate (Latin)
  • Targumim (Aramaic)
  • Origen's Hexapla