BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Errors in the Masoretes’ “Original” Hebrew Manuscripts of the Bible? Why critical editions of the Bible—like Biblia Hebraica Quinta—are essential.
Not to mention critical editions of the biblical Qumran manuscripts, the Septuagint, and the other ancient versions. And even when we take all this evidence into account, the original text (insofar as we can speak of such a thing) often eludes us.