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#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>

#The Dead Sea Scrolls reinforce the authenticity of the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]], as both relied on the [[Septuagint]] rather than the [[Masoretic Text]]: "Some of the Dead Sea Scrolls actually have more in common with the Greek Septuagint than the traditional Hebrew Masoretic Text."<ref>https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/bible-versions-and-translations/the-original-bible-and-the-dead-sea-scrolls/</ref>

#The Dead Sea Scrolls reinforce the authenticity of the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]], as both relied on the [[Septuagint]] rather than the [[Masoretic Text]]: "Some of the Dead Sea Scrolls actually have more in common with the Greek Septuagint than the traditional Hebrew Masoretic Text."<ref>https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/bible-versions-and-translations/the-original-bible-and-the-dead-sea-scrolls/</ref>

#the [[Book of Sirach]] was found, in multiple fragments, in the Dead Sea Scrolls, which reinforced the acceptance of this controversial book despite the modern exclusion of it from [[Protestant]] and Jewish [[Bible]]s.

#the [[Book of Sirach]] was found, in multiple fragments, in the Dead Sea Scrolls, which reinforced the acceptance of this controversial book despite the modern exclusion of it from [[Protestant]] and Jewish [[Bible]]s.

#the Dead Sea Scrolls were not exclusively the [[Bible]] used today, including Aramaic Proverbs<ref>https://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/explore-the-archive/manuscript/4Q569-1?locale=en_US</ref> and other learned texts, which illustrates that the [[Essenes]] did not view ancient [[Hebrew]] [[Scriptures]] as the only authority.

#the Dead Sea Scrolls were not exclusively the [[Bible]] used today, including Aramaic Proverbs<ref>https://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/explore-the-archive/manuscript/4Q569-1?locale=en_US</ref> and other learned texts, which illustrates that the [[Essenes]] did not view ancient [[Hebrew]] [[Scriptures]] as the only authority.