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YYZ Skinhead · (This post was last modified: 02-02-2010 05:19 PM by YYZ Skinhead.)

(02-02-2010 03:59 PM)sheep wrecked Wrote:
(02-02-2010 03:34 PM)YYZ Skinhead Wrote: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0.htm

It says "According to the Masoretic Text and the JPS 1917 Edition". Is the Masoretic Text a good source? I've seen the name in several articles and posts on this site but I cannot remember if it is good or bad.

Here is how Genesis 1 looks in Hebrew: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0101.htm

The Masoretic text refers to the Hebrew manuscript which is where all versions of the OT come from. It is written in the Hebrew script. There are actually two Masoretic manuscripts [abbreviated as mss]. One is called the Jacob ben Chayyim and the other is known as the Leningrad/Allepo [also called the ben Asher]. The ben Chayym is the preferred mss used by the King James Bible and by Judaism. There are some differences between the two mss.

Interestingly, Jacob ben Chayyim was a Jew who converted to Christianity

That explains why the English translation on the Genesis 1 page is so like the King James. When did ben Chayyim transcribe it?