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I also began to use Strong's Concordance and Harris' Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament to explore the meanings behind Hebrew words. However, my observations quickly led me to a troubling conclusion: much of the material I encountered was unreliable. The Theological Wordbook, for example, was based on the modern system of vowel markings (nikud), which were only introduced in 600 AD. This was a problem, as Jesus never saw these vowels. The references in the book often included phrases like:

In essence, the book admitted that many of its conclusions were speculative at best, and they made up a great deal of the information. I didn’t want to rely on guesses and assumptions, especially when studying the language of Scripture.