Books of Samuel: Difference between revisions

1 and 2 Samuel were originally (and still is in some Jewish bibles<ref>The Stone Edition Tanach</ref>) a single book, but the first Greek translation, produced in the centuries immediately before Christ, divided it into two; this was adopted by the Latin translation used in the early Christian church of the West, and finally introduced into Jewish bibles around the early 16th century ADCE.<ref>Gordon, pp.19-20</ref> The modern Hebrew text (called the [[Masoretic text]]) differs considerably from the Greek, and scholars are still working at finding the best solutions to the many problems this presents.<ref>Bergen, pp.25-27</ref>