(May 11, 2011 at 6:18 pm)Minimalist Wrote: The earliest extant version we possess is the Septuagint which was written in Greek in the 3d century BC.
We have no historical references to a Hebrew version by any other writers.
That's why the Dead Sea Scrolls were so important. While dating to the mid 2d century BC at the earliest they remain the earliest writings in Hebrew even though a considerable percentage of them were written in Aramaic and Greek.
Min,perhaps a dumb question: What is the earliest extant copy of the Torah in Hebrew held by the Jews of which you are aware?
