used Hebrew. Following the completion of the Hebrew canon, the Old Testament was translated into various languages, like Greek (the Septuagint version of ca. 250 B.C.), Syriac, and Latin. Texts of the Old Testament As the years passed following the composition of the original manuscripts by the prophets and other Old Testament writers, scribes copied these originals many times, and the originals eventually disappeared. It is likely that they were written on perishable materials like papyrus and parchments,
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