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How does the New Testament echo the Old? Which versions of the Hebrew Scriptures were authoritative for New Testament writers? The appearance of concepts, images, and passages from the Old Testament in the books of the New raises important questions about textual versions, allusions, and the differences between ancient and modern meaning. Written by ten distinguished scholars, Hearing the Old...

Another concern is what textual tradition the NT writers used when citing the sacred Scriptures. The OT text that undergirds most modern OT study is the Hebrew Masoretic text (MT). This text was the foundation for the Jewish rabbinical parties that attempted to regularize the canon.8 Some NT quotations are from the MT.9 But a majority of identified OT citations and references are from the Septuagint (LXX).10 But even this does not regularize the issue, because there are several textual traditions
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