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More like 1200 years. They didn’t start the checksums until ~900
by empath75 8y ago
More like 1200 years. They didn’t start the checksums until ~900
- hprotagonist 8y agoAh, you're right. I flipped BCE/CE on when the Masoretes existed. IIRC, though, most of the texts of the dead sea scrolls, which are much older, were effectively identical too -- see the En Gedi copy of Leviticus from ~ 300 CE which was word-for-word identical.
- HarryHirsch 8y agoWell, yes. People had developed cuneiform by 2500 BC. Kings and princes had book collections a few centuries after, and it's not surprising that in their scriptoria they developed proofreading methods.