How the Hebrew Bible Became a Christian BookMedieval and early Christian biblical traditions developed through centuries of copying, translation, correction, and interpretation. The Bible’s history is less like one tree branching outward and more like rivers flowing together, as Hebrew, Greek, and Latin textual streams shaped Christian Scripture through the Septuagint, Jerome’s Vulgate, Hebraica Veritas, canon debates, and Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox traditions.
See also Shared Scripture – Divided Faiths: The Medieval Jewish-Christian Encounter over the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament (Brill, 2026).
By Frans van Liere
Calvin University
Professor of History
June 2026
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