Hi bibleprotector,

"Howbeit, it is clear no Jew could ever accuse a Christian of doctoring the Old Testament to suit his religion, because the Christians used this Jewish translation at the beginning of the New Testament Church."

Isn't it clear from Justin Martyr's dialog with Trypho that exactly this type of accusation did occur and in both directions ?

And in fact wasn't Justin Martyr wrong when he claimed that certain passages which he found in the Greek had been removed from the Hebrew Tanach ? (I'm not talking about the issue of the translation of Isaiah 7:14, rather passages that he claimed were excised). Rather than a reverse tampering (similar to the putting in of Romans 3 into Psalm 14 of the Greek OT).

With that documented history, how can you say
"it is clear that no Jew..." ?

Shalom,
Steven