| − | The '''Masoretic Text''' (also spelled '''Massoretic''') is the [[Hebrew]] version of the [[Old Testament]] traditionally used by [[Jews]] and [[Protestants]]. It's name is derived from the Hebrew ''masora'', after the marginal notes added by the ''Masoretes'', Jewish scribes and scholars of the Middle Ages.<ref>Thomas Holland, ''Crowned With Glory: The Bible from Ancient Text to Authorized Version'' (Lincoln, NE: Writers Club Press, 2000), 112-113.</ref> Scholars generally agree that the Masoretic Text became the standard authoritative Old Testament around AD 100.<ref>Holland, ''Crowned With Glory'', 115.</ref> | + | The '''Masoretic Text''' (also spelled '''Massoretic'''), simplified as the '''MT''', is the [[Hebrew]] version of the [[Old Testament]] traditionally used by [[Jews]] and [[Protestants]]. It's name is derived from the Hebrew ''masora'', after the marginal notes added by the ''Masoretes'', Jewish scribes and scholars of the Middle Ages.<ref>Thomas Holland, ''Crowned With Glory: The Bible from Ancient Text to Authorized Version'' (Lincoln, NE: Writers Club Press, 2000), 112-113.</ref> Scholars generally agree that the Masoretic Text became the standard authoritative Old Testament around AD 100.<ref>Holland, ''Crowned With Glory'', 115.</ref> |