The Transmission of the Pentateuch: Analysis of Variants Due to Graphic Similarity between MT and SP

Hila Dayfani

Published by De Gruyter 2023

The Transmission of the Pentateuch

Analysis of Variants Due to Graphic Similarity between MT and SP

Hila Dayfani

Volume 13 in the series Studia Samaritana

Volume 124 in the series Studia Judaica

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110981254

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Hila Dayfani, University of Oxford, UK.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
1 Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 The Textual Evidence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
3 The Paleographic Background of the Textual Evidence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
4 Conclusions and Implications Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Index of Biblical References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Index of Modern Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars in the field of Judaism and Samaritan Studies.
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 224
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 34
- Tables: 15
Keywords: Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch; Paleography; Linguistics

eBook

Published: September 5, 2023
ISBN: 9783110981254

Hardcover

Published: September 5, 2023
ISBN: 9783110798043