Bible Question: Is the old testament in the KJV bible exactly same as the Jewish books used now ? Was it same during the life of Jesus on earth ? |
Bible Answer: Dear Madhu: As far as I can tell the scriptures are the same. They are not in exactly the same order that is all. The reason I know this is that someone recently came to my Bible-study and her husband is Jewish. She brought in his Bible for us to see. They have all the same Old Testament Books but they list them in a different order than we do - that is all. Of course in the time of Christ, they were not all together. They were on scrolls One scroll had the Psalms, another one or another of the Prophets, another had the Torah which is the Law or first five books of the Bible which traditionally is believed to have been written down by Moses [Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy, Numbers Leviticus]. When the Dead Sea Scrolls were found it was very encouraging as these dated to the time of Christ and they had parts of many of the books of the Bible and they have the whole book of Isaiah and it is the same as what we have today. So, it would seem that it is the same. Itiswritten |