Romans 1:17 query

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Shlama akhi Otto,

The Masoretic probably is wrong in this place., however it is incorrect to say the Peshitta OT is correct in its reading, as it disagrees with The LXX Text
here as well as with the Massoretic. It is also incorrect to assume that the Massoretic did not exist when The LXX was written. The Great Isaiah Scroll, dated 100 BC, agrees with the Massoretic text throughout the entire book of Isaiah. The other Isaiah scroll, not quite complete and of the same age, also agrees with the Massoretic text.
I don't know where people get the idea that the Massoretic text was invented . The Great Isaiah scroll is the oldest complete scroll of Hebrew Isaiah ever found. I have the entire scroll photocopied on CD Rom with scholar's notes and commentary. It is quite legible and should be studied by those interested in discovering truth. You can go to the web site and view it :
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This site is highly educational for Hebrew scholars and laymen alike.


The OT Peshitta was also translated from the Massoretic text. All who have studied its text in detail will tell you that. The two texts agree very closely as compared to the LXX.

No particular text of the OT is always correct. All of them have errors here and there. There are ways to determine the correct readings, in my view, and that of Orthodox Hebrew scholars. More important than the text of the Massoretes are the principles of the Massoretes by which to determine the correct readings. These principles have been employed for at least 2000 years , and are still used today to compare and collate mss..to determine the original text. Jewish Scribes have used them to arrive at a text of the Torah, using relatively recent mss. , that differs from the oldest Hebrew ms. of the Torah by only 6 letters !

Shlama w'burkhtha,


Dave B