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*'''Old Testament'''<br>

Even though the original texts of the Old Testament no longer exist, they have been handed down through manuscripts. In Israel, there were scribes, who copied the Bible and verified its copies. The manuscripts were made very elaborately. When [[~~Teacher of~~ the ~~Law~~|the scribes]] made copies of the Bible, they made great efforts to keep the originals, even counting the letters one by one so that the Bible would not be altered.

Even though the original texts of the Old Testament no longer exist, they have been handed down through manuscripts. In Israel, there were scribes, who copied the Bible and verified its copies. The manuscripts were made very elaborately. When [[Scribes in the Bible|the scribes]] made copies of the Bible, they made great efforts to keep the originals, even counting the letters one by one so that the Bible would not be altered.

{{quote |'''Book I. AGAINST APION.''' <br> [A]nd how firmly we have given credit to these books of our own nation, is evident by what we do; for during so many ages as have already passed, no one hath been so bold as either to add anything to them, to take anything from them, or to make any change in them;

but it is become natural to all Jews, immediately and from their very birth, to esteem those books to contain divine doctrines, and to persist in them, and, if occasion be, willingly to die for them. For it is no new thing for our captives, many of them in number, and frequently in time, to be seen to endure racks and deaths of all kinds upon the theatres, that they may not be obliged to say one word, against our laws and the records that contain them:|Flavius Josephus, ''Complete works of Josephus: Antiquities of the Jews, the wars of the Jews against Apion etc.'', 1924, p. 419}}

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 *'''Old Testament'''<br>
-Even though the original texts of the Old Testament no longer exist, they have been handed down through manuscripts. In Israel, there were scribes, who copied the Bible and verified its copies. The manuscripts were made very elaborately. When [[Teacher of the Law|the scribes]] made copies of the Bible, they made great efforts to keep the originals, even counting the letters one by one so that the Bible would not be altered.
+Even though the original texts of the Old Testament no longer exist, they have been handed down through manuscripts. In Israel, there were scribes, who copied the Bible and verified its copies. The manuscripts were made very elaborately. When [[Scribes in the Bible|the scribes]] made copies of the Bible, they made great efforts to keep the originals, even counting the letters one by one so that the Bible would not be altered.
 {{quote |'''Book I. AGAINST APION.''' <br> [A]nd how firmly we have given credit to these books of our own nation, is evident by what we do; for during so many ages as have already passed, no one hath been so bold as either to add anything to them, to take anything from them, or to make any change in them;
 but it is become natural to all Jews, immediately and from their very birth, to esteem those books to contain divine doctrines, and to persist in them, and, if occasion be, willingly to die for them. For it is no new thing for our captives, many of them in number, and frequently in time, to be seen to endure racks and deaths of all kinds upon the theatres, that they may not be obliged to say one word, against our laws and the records that contain them:|Flavius Josephus, ''Complete works of Josephus: Antiquities of the Jews, the wars of the Jews against Apion etc.'', 1924, p. 419}}

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