▁AD ▁ 1 0 0 . ▁Trad ition ▁played ▁a ▁central ▁role ▁in ▁their ▁task ▁of ▁producing ▁a ▁standard ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁Bible . ▁The ▁Heb rew ▁text ▁they ▁produced ▁stabil ized ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁second ▁century , ▁and ▁has ▁come ▁to ▁be ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Mas or etic ▁text , ▁the ▁source ▁of ▁the ▁Christian ▁Old ▁Testament . ▁However , ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁the ▁Dead ▁Sea ▁Scroll s ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁has ▁created ▁problems . ▁While ▁ 6 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁Dead ▁Sea ▁manuscript s ▁are ▁closely ▁related ▁to ▁Mas or etic ▁tradition , ▁others ▁bear ▁a ▁closer ▁res embl ance ▁to ▁the ▁Sept u ag int ▁( the ▁ancient ▁Greek ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁texts ) ▁and ▁the ▁Sam ar itan ▁Pent ate uch . ▁For ▁text ual ▁criticism , ▁this ▁has ▁raised ▁the ▁question ▁of ▁whether ▁or ▁not ▁there ▁is ▁such ▁a ▁thing ▁that ▁can ▁be ▁considered ▁" original ▁text ." ▁ ▁The ▁two ▁main ▁processes ▁of ▁text ual ▁criticism ▁are ▁rec ension ▁and ▁em end ation . ▁Rec ension ▁is ▁the ▁selection ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁trust worth y ▁evidence ▁on ▁which ▁to ▁base ▁a ▁text . ▁Em end ation ▁is ▁the ▁attempt ▁to ▁eliminate ▁the ▁errors ▁which ▁are ▁found ▁even ▁in ▁the ▁best ▁manuscript s . ▁ ▁Despite ▁its ▁use ▁of ▁objective ▁rules , ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁subject ive ▁element ▁involved ▁in ▁text ual ▁criticism . ▁ ▁The ▁text ual ▁critic ▁cho oses ▁a ▁reading ▁based ▁on ▁personal ▁judgment ,