Matthew,

Have you ever studied the accusations of tampering of the Hebrew Bible that were made by early church writers. These were accompanied by claims that the true text was in the Greek OT (LXX) and the Jews had tampered with the Hebrew Bible, removing Messianic references or wording. The earliest and most significant is Justin Martyr, as in his dialog with Trypho. (Afaik, any further claims that might be found were simply mentions again of what Justin had said.)

Are you familiar with the material and the accusations ? If so, would you comment briefly as to whether, based on the examples given by Justin, these accusations had any merit.

Thanks.

Shalom,
Steven