Scribal Secrets
Extraordinary Texts in the Torah and Their Implications
Published on 9. April 2019
206 pages
978-1-5326-4801-4 (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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Extraordinary Texts in the Torah and Their Implications
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James S. Diamond | Robert Goldenberg | Gary A. Rendsburg
Scribal Secrets
Book
04/2019
Wipf & Stock Publishers
€45.50
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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).
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Gary A. Rendsburg serves as the Blanche and Irving Laurie Professor of Jewish History at Rutgers University.
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Gary A. Rendsburg serves as the Blanche and Irving Laurie Professor of Jewish History at Rutgers University.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Editors' Preface
- Editors' Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Scribal Tradition in Israel
- Chapter 2: The Extraordinary Texts in the Torah
- Chapter 3: Reading the Torah Today
- Bibliography
