Old Testament (Tenach) Texts

  • Original Hebrew (“Vorlage”) text written in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah.
  • Septuagint Translation (LXX) compiled from 285-270 B.C. by 72 scholars at Alexandria. It is the primary quoted text in the New Testament.
  • Masoretic Text (MT), derived from the Council of Jamnia.

Daniel Webster

If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity.

Daniel Webster