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So they learned Hebrew.
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They started reading the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew,
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not in Greek or Latin translation.
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They also tried to come up with the correct Greek text
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of the New Testament document by (adding?) textual criticism
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They were practicing what was the burgeoning scholarship
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of the period in the 16th century
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to go back to the original texts as close as they could get.
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What these reformers then did, they said, "Wait a minute.
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Look at all these Greek Jewish books
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that aren't part of the Hebrew Bible.
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They don't exist in Hebrew.