Why are there differences between the Torah and Dead Sea Scrolls?

Question

Deuteronomy 32:8
4QDeutj and the LXX say, "according to the number of the sons of God" while the MT and SP say, "according to the number of the sons of Israel." "Sons of Israel" does not make sense here. This is probably a theological change. The 4QDeutj and the LXX seem to preserve the older reading that implies a god, or guardian angel for each nation.
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Daniel

the Book of Daniel changed the name of the lesser known Nabonidus to the better known Nebuchadnezzar who destroyed Jerusalem and the temple. 2 Maccabees 9:5-27 may be trying to compare Antiochus IV with Nabonidus legends as does Daniel (D. Mendels, "A Note on the Traditions of Antiochus IV's Death," IEJ 34 (1981) pp.53-56; Charlesworth, The Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Vol.1, p.141).

http://www.bibleandscience.com/archaeology/dss.htm

Psalms
There are a number of additional Psalms in the DSS than in our Bible. Psalms 1-89 are basically the same as ours in the DSS (Psalm 32, and 70 are absent). From Psalm 91 on there are radical differences in arrangement, and/or in different Psalms that have never been seen before (Psalm 90 is not preserved). There are a total of 15 different Psalms which are not included in our present Bible, nine of which were completely unknown. None of the Psalm scrolls found has our present day arrangement of the Book of Psalms

Answer 1

"seem to preserve the older meaning" is interesting. I would re-check what you believe on the information here..all the information here. Go beyond the references you have named.
I don't have access to all the books I once did, so I am unable to direct you to any good source.

Answer 2

First of all, the Torah is the term that covers the first five books of the Jewish Bible, also known as the Law of Moses. The Jews have had possession of the Law for thousands of years as the scribes made copies of it.

Second, the DSS are the collection of Jewish writings by the Essenes, a Jewish sect that isolated itself in the area of Qumran.

Third, the LXX is a Greek TRANSLATION of the Hebrew Bible.

Fourth, differences are bound to take place when manuscripts are hand-copied over the centuries due to copy errors or degradation of source documents or other factors.

But the good thing is that we KNOW what these differences are and can compare thousands of manuscripts to determine which is the most likely reading. And where there are still uncertainties (and these are rare) we simply are left with an abundance of riches situation. We can choose to go along with one and then include the others in footnotes for comparison. And the other good thing is that none of these affect any doctrine of Scriptures! So chill out and relax and stop jamming on the panic button ok?

Answer 3

Who wrote Deuteronomy 32:8?

Deuteronomy 32:8 is a farewell song of Moses. Moses knew he was not going to be allowed in the promise land and he knew death was near. Moses was thinking back at the time of Peleg when the earth was divided up between the sons of man and how eventually Jacob would get an inheritance for the nation of Israel.

So using “CHILDREN OF ISRAEL” would be appropriate in this case.

Several earlier manuscripts have instead huion theou, or "sons of God." This is a literal rendering of the Hebrew phrase beney 'elohim found among the Dead Sea Scroll copies of Deuteronomy 32:8.

Older translations will base this on the occurrence at the tower of babel were the book of Jasher reported God sending Angels (son’s of man) to do his work. But the more accurate edition is from the prophet Moses.

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2 Maccabees is not scripture but is sometimes used as a historical supplement such as Islamic Suras.

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The book of Psalms is divided into five sections or "books." Most of the psalms in Books I and II were written by David, while many in Book III were written by either Asaph or the people of Korah. Psalms 120-134 are all "celebration psalms." The five sections of the book of Psalms are:

Book I (1-41)
Book II (42-72)
Book III (73-89)
Book IV (90-106)
Book V (107-150)

Psalms was written for singing. They were intended for public worship in the temple, in Israel, and for us. They are not, merely, poems, but are lyrics. They contain musical conventions, peculiar to music and worship during ancient time.

The poetry was written over a period of one thousand years, from the time of Moses, to the time of Ezra.

Answer 4

Many folks believe the entire Bible was found in the Dead Sea Scrolls and they are being held in either collectors vaults or by the Vatican. Many people believe they are radically different from the "English" bible we use today and their preachings would shake the established religion to the core.

Answer 5

The only explanation for this seems to be that when ultra pious Hebrews withdrew from Jerusalem to form the Essenes they also rewrote certain passages so as to purify them from the decadence of the Pharisee`s.

Answer 6

Cz god have multi opinion on same matter !!
or this books are wrong pick one