Scribal Practices And Approaches Reflected In The Texts Found In The Judean Desert

Scribal Practices and Approaches Reflected in the Texts Found in the Judean Desert

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.

Scribal Practices and Approaches Reflected in the Texts Found in the Judean Desert, Revised Second Edition

This monograph revises the first edition of this book (2004) which is long overdue. Many segments needed revision due to the flood of studies published in the wake of the first edition. This book serves as a handbook for those who study the scrolls, material culture, and edit scrolls.

Scribal Practices and Approaches Reflected in the Texts Found in the Judean Desert