Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>]

At 08:14 PM 10/20/99 -0400, you wrote:

>
>Are there any experts on the list who can comment on the existence and 
>state of any such Old Latin text of the Hebrew scriptures?

Yes, its called the old Latin (Vetus Latina) and was used by Jerome before
he did his own rendering.

> Or on what 
>doubt is cast on the MT by Jewish commentators?

None.  To say that the "jewish commentators" cast doubt on the MT is to say
the "KJV only" people cast doubt on it.  


jim

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