Blotting Out the Name, Part 2: Scribal Methods of Erasing the Tetragrammaton in Medieval Hebrew Bible Manuscripts

Part 1 of this study considered how the rabbinic prohibition against erasing the Tetragrammaton led to scribes performing diverse procedures to resolve scribal errors. In part 2 it will be shown that special procedures were performed in Torah scrolls, namely, skiving, excision, and removing sheets....

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Main Author: Gordon, Nehemia (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2020
In: Textus
Year: 2020, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 111-155
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Name of God / Scribe / Correction / Middle Ages / tôrah / Rabbi / Karaites
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B Aleppo Codex
B Hebrew Bible manuscripts
B scribal errors
B Adonai
B Tetragrammaton
B Scribal Practices
B textual variants
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