Originally posted by FreakyKBHOf course, the DSS are only fragments of the Old testament. We are, apparently, not sure how complete, or how well they represent what we have currently available. Punctuation can certainly change the message.
Then you are no longer discussing the DSS, as they prove beyond debate, that the passages included had been translated without significant deviation, for several hundred years.
If you wish to discuss the alterations between oral and written, your discussion will be based upon speculation, unless Shirley Maclaine joins the forum.
Originally posted by scottishinnzPassages which had previously been some of the most questioned by "scholars." Just as the many claims of 'dubious origins and/or veracity' have been constantly laid to rest by either digs in the dirt or digs into other sides of history, the DSS reveal the faithfulness of God in maintaining the integrity of His Word throughout human history.
Of course, the DSS are only fragments of the Old testament. We are, apparently, not sure how complete, or how well they represent what we have currently available. Punctuation can certainly change the message.
I will leave your punctuation charge alone.