Scribe Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Accuracy==== {{further|Dead Sea Scrolls}} Until 1948, the oldest known manuscripts of the [[Hebrew Bible]] dated back to CE 895. In 1947, a shepherd boy discovered some scrolls dated between 100 BCE and CE 100, inside a cave west of the [[Dead Sea]]. Over the next decade, more scrolls were found in caves and the discoveries became known collectively as the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]]. Every book in the [[Hebrew Bible]] was represented except [[Book of Esther|Esther]]. Numerous copies of each book were discovered, including 25 copies of the book of [[Deuteronomy]]. While there were other items found among the Dead Sea Scrolls not currently in the Hebrew Bible, and many variations and errors occurred when they were copied, the texts, on the whole, testify to the accuracy of the scribes.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Johnson|first1=Paul|title=A History of the Jews|date=1993|publisher=Phoenix|location=London|isbn=978-1857990966|page=91|edition=2nd}}</ref> The Dead Sea Scrolls are currently the best route of comparison to the accuracy and consistency of translation for the Hebrew Bible because they are the oldest out of any [[Bible|biblical text]] currently known.<ref> {{cite book |last1 = Johnson |first1 = Paul |author-link1 = Paul Johnson (writer) |title = A History of the Jews |date = 8 August 2013 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=gbUzAAAAQBAJ |publisher = Hachette UK |orig-date = 1987 |publication-date = 2013 |page = |isbn = 9781780226699 |access-date = 21 February 2022 |quote = The Dead Sea Scrolls testify, on the whole, to the accuracy with which the Bible was copied through the ages [...]. }} </ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Johnson|first1=Paul|title=A History of the Jews|date= 1993|publisher= Phoenix |location= London|isbn=978-1857990966|page=91|edition=2nd}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page