This article considers the preservation of the Scriptures in relation to the inspiration of the original manuscripts. The author looks at the history of the Old Testament text, the Masoretic text and its witnesses, including discoveries from the Dead Sea Scrolls. The New Testament is also discussed with equal weight on its purity as far as the autographs are concerned.

This article starts by defining the interpretation problem confronting the exegete of Proverbs 11:30. After considering the best reading of the Masoretic text available, the author examines the text in detail.

The text of the book of Hosea presents serious problems of interpretation. In this article the author focuses on the integrity of the Masoretic text on Hosea 9:13.

Greek ideas and expressions have exercised an unmistakable influence on the wisdom literature and notably the Greek translation of Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes. This paper compares the differences between the Masoretic text and the Septuagint, and forms conclusions on the attitudes of the translator that may have led to differences.

This is a study of the most important poems concerning the Servant of the Lord in Isaiah as found in the Masoretic Text and in the Dead Sea Scrolls.