Munster Hebrew Matthew - Authentic or Mangled/Defective Hebrew Witness?
A manuscript of high interest is the Munster Hebrew Matthew text. It has previously been disregarded by many because it was believed to have been edited or supplemented, but let's take a closer look at this text and find out the truth. Sebastian Munster was a popular Hebrew teacher who published many books for Hebrew and Aramaic language students. In his books on Hebrew, he often gave examples coming from a Hebrew copy of Matthew that he received from the Jews. The Munster text of Matthew could be considered an important Hebrew textual witness as it agrees very closely with another prominent Hebrew manuscript of Matthew - the DuTillet Hebrew Matthew. The Munster Hebrew Text of Matthew was published in 1537 and again in 1557. Most of the academic literature on Munster Hebrew Matthew over the last 126 years suggested that the Munster text was of limited value because Munster had "supplemented" missing portions of his text, with his "own reconstructions" with