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Scribal Practices and Approaches Reflected in the Texts Found in the Judean Desert
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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.
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“At the same time, the only preserved evidence for long scrolls pertains to 1QIsa a and 11QT a .”
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“By contrast, 4Q321 inverts this sequence, listing X—the final visible day of the moon in the preceding month—before dwqh, regardless of the chronological occurrence.49”
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“By contrast, 4Q321 inverts this sequence, listing X—the final visible day of the moon in the preceding month—before dwqh, regardless of the chronological occurrence.49”
From Lunar Calendars, Solar Calendars, and Some Mysterious Phenomena in 4Q321 (4QCalendarical Document/4QMishmarot B) (2025) · cites this paper as [49]
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- Tov, E.
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- Tov, Emanuel
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- Tov, Emanuel
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- 2004-01-01
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- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis
- Keywords
- scribal practices, Dead Sea Scrolls, Judean Desert, scribal errors, scribal tradition, Qumran, scribes, writing conventions, scribal schools
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