>> with the exception of the Dead Sea Scrolls are
>> not all existing copies of the Septuagint and Masoretic from the
>> christian era?--
> Yes, that's correct. -- Mary Suydam
Sorry, Mary, but this is not correct. Among the oldest Greek fragments of
Jewish scriptures are Papyrus Rylands 458 (papyrus roll, Deut 23-28, 2nd
bce) and Papyrus Fouad/Fuad 266a, b, c (three papyrus rolls, Gen 3-38,
Deut 17-33, Deut 10-33, 1st bce). Of course, these are paleographic
datings, if one wants to argue. There are a few other possibly first
century ce Greek fragments as well. For some details, see
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/rak/earlypap.html
The Dead Sea Scrolls have much to contribute, but they are not the whole
story.
Bob Kraft
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