The Scope of the Transmission of the Pentateuch in the Second Temple Period

This essay examines the variants that were caused by the interchange of letters bearing graphic similarity between the Masoretic text and the Samaritan Pentateuch. Through a paleographic analysis of the shapes of the interchanging letters, it aims to carefully propose a paleographic framework for th...

Description complète

Enregistré dans:  
Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Dayfani, Hila (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
Vérifier la disponibilité: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
En cours de chargement...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Publié: Brill 2022
Dans: Journal of ancient Judaism
Année: 2022, Volume: 13, Numéro: 3, Pages: 285-313
Sujets non-standardisés:B Masoretic Text
B scribal activity
B graphic similarity
B Pentateuch
B Paleography
B Samaritan Pentateuch
B transmission process
Accès en ligne: Volltext (kostenfrei)
Volltext (kostenfrei)
Description
Résumé:This essay examines the variants that were caused by the interchange of letters bearing graphic similarity between the Masoretic text and the Samaritan Pentateuch. Through a paleographic analysis of the shapes of the interchanging letters, it aims to carefully propose a paleographic framework for the interchanges. This process reveals that the scribal activity in the transmission of the Pentateuch increased after the middle of the second century BCE, reaching its peak in the middle of the first century BCE. This essay discusses the significance of these findings in light of further material and textual evidence for the role that the Pentateuch played in Second Temple Judaism.
ISSN:2196-7954
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of ancient Judaism
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.30965/21967954-bja10029