Jerome reports a Hebrew Gospel used by Nazarenes. Medieval manuscripts also preserve Hebrew Gospel texts. The translator, copyist, owner and reader of a manuscript may be different people with different purposes. A text can be copied for devotion, study, controversy or a commission. H07 H08
Compare actual readings. Look for notes, ownership records and distinctive features. A script style can help describe a scribal setting; it does not by itself identify the writer's faith. The manuscripts deserve close attention because they preserve real engagement with the Gospels in Hebrew.