Books of Samuel: Difference between revisions

1 and 2 Samuel were originally (and, in some Jewish bibles, still are<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=t1J-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT17&lpg=PT17&dq=1+and+2+Samuel+were+originally+(and,+in+some+Jewish+bibles,+still+are&source=bl&ots=L6XjBvzHdU&sig=JFtLzI6iJlr4bJUhzAA3Ny_x8Jw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2wpaL0tvYAhVLbrwKHcb1AqgQ6AEIRzAF#v=onepage&q=1%20and%202%20Samuel%20were%20originally%20(and,%20in%20some%20Jewish%20bibles,%20still%20are&f=false|title=2 Samuel (Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible)|last=Barron|first=Robert|date=2015-04-28|publisher=Brazos Press|isbn=9781441221964|language=en}}</ref>{{cn|date=July 2017}}) a single book, but [[Septuagint|the first Greek translation, called [[Septuagint]], and produced around the second century BCE, divided it into two; this was adopted by the Latin translations used in the early Christian church of the West, and finally introduced into Jewish bibles around the early 16th century.{{sfn|Gordon|1986|pp=19–20}} The modern Hebrew text, that is used by Jews today, called the [[Masoretic text]], differs considerably from the Hebrew text that was the basis of the first Greek translation, and scholars are still working at finding the best solutions to the many problems this presents.{{sfn|Bergen|1996|pp=25–27}}