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#[[Psalms]] and the [[Book of Isaiah]] are very important books of the [[Bible]], and always have been.

#[[Psalms]] and the [[Book of Isaiah]] are very important books of the [[Bible]], and always have been.

#the [[Jewish]] community was more varied and diverse in opinion than portrayed today, with the [[Essenes]] and [[Samaritans]] having significantly different views from the [[Judea]]ns.

#the [[Jewish]] community was more varied and diverse in opinion than portrayed today, with the [[Essenes]] and [[Samaritans]] having significantly different views from the [[Judea]]ns.

#the [[monastery|monastic]] way of life was as important in the [[Jewish]] religion as it is in the [[Christian]] and [[Buddist]] religions.

#the [[monastery|monastic]] way of life was as important in the [[Jewish]] religion as it is in the [[Christian]] and [[Buddhist]] religions.

#enormous care was taken to preserve [[Scripture]] with the result of virtually perfect preservation for millennia

#enormous care was taken to preserve [[Scripture]] with the result of virtually perfect preservation for millennia

#the [[Septuagint]] was considered as authorative as the [[Hebrew]] [[Masoretic]] [[Bible]], as illustrated by how the Jeremiah incomplete scrolls found in the Dead Sea Scrolls match up more closely with the Septuagint than with the longer [[Book of Jeremiah]] in the Masoretic text.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicBiblical/comments/258y4y/about_what_percentage_of_the_old_testamenthebrew/</ref>

#the [[Septuagint]] was considered as authorative as the [[Hebrew]] [[Masoretic]] [[Bible]], as illustrated by how the Jeremiah incomplete scrolls found in the Dead Sea Scrolls match up more closely with the Septuagint than with the longer [[Book of Jeremiah]] in the Masoretic text.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/AcademicBiblical/comments/258y4y/about_what_percentage_of_the_old_testamenthebrew/</ref>