Scribal Secrets
Extraordinary Texts in the Torah and Their Implications
Published on 9. April 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
206 pages
978-1-5326-4799-4 (ISBN)
Description
The text of the Torah includes not only its words, but also various atypical scribal features. Prime among these are the dots over certain letters, various letters written either large or small, and the exceedingly odd placement of two inverted Hebrew letters surrounding one passage. What are these features doing there? How old are they? Do they carry meaning? How have they been interpreted over the years? James Diamond brings the reader on the journey through the Torah text in search of a response to these questions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Eugene
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
309 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5326-4799-4 (9781532647994)
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James S. Diamond | Robert Goldenberg | Gary A. Rendsburg
Scribal Secrets
Extraordinary Texts in the Torah and Their Implications
E-Book
04/2019
Wipf and Stock Publishers
€24.49
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Persons
James S. Diamond (d. 2013) had a distinguished career in two fields: as a Hillel rabbi on various elite U.S. campuses, and as a teacher of Hebrew literature and comparative literature at those same universities. His most recent position was at Princeton University (retired 2004).
Robert Goldenberg is Professor Emeritus of History and Jewish Studies at Stony Brook University.
Gary A. Rendsburg serves as the Blanche and Irving Laurie Professor of Jewish History at Rutgers University.