Eoghan
Puritan Board Senior
In concluding George Ella's biography of John Gill I was intrigued to read that Gill defended the original Hebrew text as having pointing/vowels. As I have mentioned elsewhere Gill had a great familiarity with Jewish literature and was able to muster an argument with references to show pointing was present in the OT.
Starting with Christ's own familiarity with the jot and tittle (Mathew 5:18) and quoting Jerome (385) who complained of not being able to see the pointing by candlelight and Josephus as well as a host of other Jewish authorities. I had always accepted the teaching that the Hebrew was without pointing/vowels. It now seems I was wrong and pointing was there from the start.
Ptolomy Philadelphus ordered a pointed Hebrew Bible in his library 277BC (amongst other references)
Starting with Christ's own familiarity with the jot and tittle (Mathew 5:18) and quoting Jerome (385) who complained of not being able to see the pointing by candlelight and Josephus as well as a host of other Jewish authorities. I had always accepted the teaching that the Hebrew was without pointing/vowels. It now seems I was wrong and pointing was there from the start.
Ptolomy Philadelphus ordered a pointed Hebrew Bible in his library 277BC (amongst other references)