Subject: The Massorah? |
Bible Note: Greetings Love Fountain! As I told Serenetime, I have enjoyed finding out more about the Massorah. I had heard about it, but I really didn't know much about it. So, I have had the chance to do some reading. The site I referred you to mentioned that said: "There is evidence that false pronunciations were fixed by Massorah centuries before the invention of points such as are seen in our present Massoretic text. At times such early translations as those of Aquila, Theodotion, the Septuagint and the Peshitto give evidence of precisely the same erroneous pronunciation as is found at the pointed Hebrew text of to-day." Source - http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10035a.htm. I am assuming that when the text was fixed that the text itself contained some errors which were also fixed. I don't know the specifics though. However, I do know that the same kind of thing happened in the transmission of the Greek text. A particular family will continue to pass on a mistake in the parent document, which is one way that manscripts can be classified into families. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |