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Everything I have stated is common knowlege. Thanks for engaging.
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What you stated concerning the Vulgate is erroneous; there is a considerable controversy about the relative merits of the “Majority Text” or Byzantine Text Type and the Alexandrian Text Type, and in the case of the Dead Sea Scrolls, these contain a diverse array of material, much of which contradicts the Masoretic Text (for example, some of the material favors the Septuagint, the ancient Greek translation that the Eastern, Armenian and Coptic Orthodox churches prefer).
Now, it is true the preface included in some pew copies of the older editions of the NIV mentioned the Dead Sea Scrolls, but the preface in question was essentially an apologia for producing a new translation, perhaps to placate churchgoers annoyed that it had replaced whatever was in the pew previously.
(Full disclosure: I like the old version of the NIV, although I believe some of their editorial decisions, for example, concerning the Comma Johanneum, were excessive, but in terms of literary elegance, I think the old NIV is the best modern language Bible; I really wish Zondervan would release it into the public domain since their attention is focused elsewhere).
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