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Three Major Families of Texts

  • Samaritan Pentateuch(SP): The Samaritan sect broke away from the Jews about 400 BCE and use only the Pentateuch.
  • The Septuagint(LXX) was a Greek translation of existing Hebrew texts, about 300 BCE.
  • The remaining Hebrew texts and some Aramaic texts were later compiled and standardized by the Masoretes. The MT is the basis of the Hebrew Bible.

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