Why Don't We Use The Bible Jesus Used? - Stephen Hackett

🔥 LIVE TONIGHT at 8 PM EASTERN! 🔥 Why does the Old Testament in your Bible sometimes read differently from the Old Testament quoted by Jesus and the apostles? Tonight we’re joined by  @BiblicalStudiesandReviews  from Biblical Studies & Reviews for a deep dive into one of the most fascinating and overlooked subjects in biblical studies: the Septuagint vs. the Masoretic Text. Most Protestant and Evangelical Old Testaments today are translated primarily from the Masoretic Text, a medieval Hebrew textual tradition. But when you open the New Testament, many quotations of the Old Testament closely follow the Greek Septuagint, often called the LXX, which was widely used in the ancient Jewish and early Christian world. So what happened? Why did Protestant Christianity eventually base its Old Testament primarily on the Masoretic Hebrew tradition rather than the Greek Septuagint used so extensively by the earliest Christians? Why do some Old Testament passages quoted in the New Testament appear noticeably different from what you find when you turn to that same passage in your modern Protestant Bible? And when the Septuagint, Masoretic Text, and Dead Sea Scrolls disagree, which reading is older? Tonight we’re getting into ALL of it. We’ll be discussing the history of the Septuagint, when and why the Hebrew Scriptures were translated into Greek, how the New Testament authors quoted the Old Testament, the development of the Masoretic textual tradition, the influence of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and why modern Bible translations sometimes choose one ancient reading over another. We’ll also tackle some huge questions: 📖 Did Jesus and the apostles use the Septuagint? 📖 How often does the New Testament follow the Septuagint instead of the Masoretic Text? 📖 Are there theological differences between the LXX and the Masoretic Text? 📖 Why are certain books found in ancient Greek Old Testaments but absent from Protestant Bibles? 📖 Did the Protestant Reformation change which Old Testament textual tradition Christians relied upon? 📖 What do the Dead Sea Scrolls tell us about the history of the biblical text? 📖 Is the Masoretic Text always closer to the original Hebrew, or are there places where the Septuagint may preserve an older reading? Whether you’re Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, Evangelical, or simply interested in Bible history, biblical manuscripts, textual criticism, early Christianity, Second Temple Judaism, Bible translation, apologetics, or the reliability of Scripture, this conversation is going to be worth hearing. The history of the Bible is far more complicated and interesting than most of us were ever taught. Stephen Hackett joins us LIVE TONIGHT at 8 PM Eastern. Bring your Bible. Bring your questions. And get ready to go down the rabbit hole. #Septuagint #BibleStudy #BiblicalStudies 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5810693124915200Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/bennis-the-menace-pod--6838881/support.