Text and Transmission

From the openings of the righteous ones is heard her voice; and from the congregation of the pious ones her song.  Psalm 154:12  DSS The righteous ones – Go ahead.  Look this psalm up in your Bible.  Ah, wait a minute.  It isn’t there.  In the Masoretic text there are only 150 psalms.  But the…

A Little More to Read

I have excerpted material from the following academic PDF so that you can have a better understanding of some of the issues surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls and the impact on modern biblical translations.  Enjoy.   Excerpts from: Emanuel Tov Understanding the Text of the Bible 65 Years after the Discovery of the Dead Sea…

Spelling Bee

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”  Exodus 3:14  NASB I AM – Is this the biblical definition of God?  Does He reveal His true essence in this conundrum of consonant/vowels?  When you read…