
The Transmission of the Pentateuch
Analysis of Variants Due to Graphic Similarity between MT and SP
Hila Dayfani(Author)
De Gruyter (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 5. September 2023
Book
Hardback
X, 224 pages
978-3-11-079804-3 (ISBN)
Description
The volume focuses on variants between the Masoretic Text and the Samaritan Pentateuch prompted
by graphic similarities between letters. As a phenomenon that occurs during the transmission of ancient texts, an in-depth study of the linguistic and paleographic background of these variants provides fruitful ground for the exploration of the Pentateuch transmission.
This volume gathers all the relevant variants from the Masoretic Text and the Samaritan Pentateuch, comparing them to further witnesses, primarily the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Septuagint. Each case is examined independently through a linguistic analysis of the variants, their process of development and an evaluation of which version is preferable (when possible). It then presents a statistical analysis of the data.
Moreover, the volume offers a paleographic analysis of the interchanging letters in the three relevant scripts - Hebrew, Jewish, and Samaritan script. Through this process it determines the script in which the variants have occurred and estimates the chronological framework of the variants.
This study has implications for the textual history of the Samaritan Pentateuch and, more broadly, for the distribution of the Pentateuch and the extent of its transmission in the late Second Temple period.
by graphic similarities between letters. As a phenomenon that occurs during the transmission of ancient texts, an in-depth study of the linguistic and paleographic background of these variants provides fruitful ground for the exploration of the Pentateuch transmission.
This volume gathers all the relevant variants from the Masoretic Text and the Samaritan Pentateuch, comparing them to further witnesses, primarily the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Septuagint. Each case is examined independently through a linguistic analysis of the variants, their process of development and an evaluation of which version is preferable (when possible). It then presents a statistical analysis of the data.
Moreover, the volume offers a paleographic analysis of the interchanging letters in the three relevant scripts - Hebrew, Jewish, and Samaritan script. Through this process it determines the script in which the variants have occurred and estimates the chronological framework of the variants.
This study has implications for the textual history of the Samaritan Pentateuch and, more broadly, for the distribution of the Pentateuch and the extent of its transmission in the late Second Temple period.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
15 s/w Tabellen, 34 Abbildungen
34 ill., 15 tbl.
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Weight
463 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-11-079804-3 (9783110798043)
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The Transmission of the Pentateuch
Analysis of Variants Due to Graphic Similarity between MT and SP
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Person
Hila Dayfani
, University of Oxford, UK.