The Hebrew Method of Scripture Translation Confirms the Accuracy of The Old Testament

The Talmudic and Masoretic scribes were a special class of men in the Jewish culture
whose sole duty was to preserve and transmit the Scripture with exactitude and precision. They followed strict disciplines in regard to the Scriptures. The Talmud
gave the following rules to govern the preparation of a manuscript to be used in the
synagogue.
...Scroll must be written on skin of clean animal
...Prepared for use in synagogue by only a Jew
...Fastened togther with strings from clean animal
...Each skin must contain specified number of columns, equal throughout the entire
book
...Length of each column must not extend over less than 48 lines or more than 60 lines
...Column breadth must consist of exactly 30 letters
...Must use a specially prepared recipe of black ink
...Authentic copy must be the example
...Copy nothing from memory
...Between every consonant the space of a thread
...Between every section the breadth of nine consonants
...Between every book three lines
...The Pentateuch must terminate exactly with a line
...Copyist must sit in full Jewish dress
...Reverence the Scripture and the name of God so that a fresh quill would be used to
pen that sacred name, and to refuse to scknowledge the presence of a king when writing that name
...Must produce a master copy
...Copy only letter by letter; t-t; h-h; e-e; etc.
...Count the number of times each letter of the alphabet occurs in each book.
...Calculate the middle word
...If more than three mistakes exist=destroy the manuscript
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