Scribal practices and approaches reflected in the texts found in the Judean desert / by Emanuel Tov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tov, Emanuel.

Series:

Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah 54.

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, 0169-9962 ; v. 54

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manuscripts--Judaea, Wilderness of.

Manuscripts.

Scribes, Jewish.

Hebrew language--Writing.

Hebrew language.

Aramaic language--Writing.

Aramaic language.

Transmission of texts.

Codicology.

Middle East--Judean Desert.

Dead Sea scrolls.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 398 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.

Summary:

This monograph is written in the form of a handbook on the scribal features of the texts found in the Judean Desert (the Dead Sea Scrolls). It deals in detail with the material, shape, and preparation of the scrolls; scribes and scribal activity; scripts, writing conventions, errors and their correction, scribal signs; scribal traditions; differences between different types of scrolls (e.g., biblical and non-biblical scrolls), the possible existence of scribal schools, such as that at Qumran. In most categories, the analysis is meant to be exhaustive. The detailed analysis is accompanied by tens of tables as well as annotated illustrations and charts of scribal signs. The findings have major implications for the study of the scrolls and the understanding of their relationship to scribal traditions in Israel and elsewhere.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Scribes

Writing and Writing Materials

Technical Aspects of Scroll Writing

Writing Practices

Scripts

Special Scribal Characteristics of Some Groups of Texts

Scribal Traditions

Characteristic Features of the Qumran Scribal Practice

Papyrus Texts from the Judean Desert

Opisthographs from the Judean Desert

The Greek Texts from the Judean Desert346

Scribal Features of Early Witnesses of Greek Scripture

The Hebrew Texts from Masada

Scope and Spacing of the Units in the Biblical Text Quoted in the Pesharim

Scribal Features of Biblical Manuscripts

Orthographic and Morphological Features of Texts Written in the Qumran Scribal Practice

Bibliography

Figures

Index I: Ancient Sources

Index II: Subjects

Illustrations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-359) and indexes.

ISBN:

90-474-1434-9

OCLC:

607256683

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047414346 DOI