U – From Scroll to Scripture

Following the Manuscripts That Shaped the Bible We Read Today

Across the centuries, the Scriptures have traveled a long and extraordinary path—from desert tents and royal courts to candlelit monasteries, Renaissance workshops, and modern libraries. No single manuscript tells the whole story; rather, the Bible we hold today is the result of many hands, many languages, and many generations guarding, copying, translating, and transmitting the sacred words. This page gathers the sweeping historical narratives of the great textual traditions—the Tanakh, the Masoretic Text, the Septuagint, the Latin Vulgate, the Textus Receptus, the Majority Text, and the modern Critical Text—each one a chapter in the living history of how the Scriptures have come down to us. Here, you can walk through their origins, their journeys, and their lasting impact, watching the story of the Bible unfold across time like a great tapestry woven by the faithful.