The Leningrad Codex and Aleppo CodexGuttenberg Bible, printed in Germany in 1455Biblia Hebraica by Rudolph KittelLater editions become the textus receptus for the New American Standard BibleSeptuagint and Masoretic TextJerome creates the translation known as the Vulgate in LatinThe Apocryphal books were all written in Greek in the time between the Old and New Testaments.Textual criticismDead Sea ScrollsDiscovered in 1947, they are traditionally associated with the Essenes, a Jewish sect alongside the Pharisees andSadducees.The two copies of Isaiah prove to be more than 95% identical with the Masoretic text. The errors were primarily spelling and obvious slips of the pen.Canon of the Old and New TestamentAccording to the Hebrew organization of the Old Testament, there were 22 books.The Apocrypha
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