The Biblical Masorah and the Temple Scroll: An Orthographical Inquiry

by Steven Leonard Jacobs Aaron Aronov Chair of Judaic Studies, University of Alabama

Overview

The Temple Scroll, the last of the Dead Sea Scrolls found in 1967, contains two phenomena that are at variance with the Jewish tradition. Professor Jacobs presents a thorough study of ligature writing or "joined letters" and the insertion of both words and phrases between the lines of the text in The Biblical Masorah and the Temple Scroll.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761823063
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	10/29/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.28(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Steven Leonard Jacobs, Aaron Aronov Chair of Judaic Studies at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, has taught Jewish, Holocaust [Shoah], and Biblical Studies at Calhoun Community College, Oakwood College, University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama; Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi; and Martin Methodist College, Tennessee.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Figures Chapter 2 Tables Chapter 3 Foreword Chapter 4 Preface Chapter 5 Introduction Chapter 6 The Writing of the Biblical Text (Halakha and Masorah) and the Writing of the Temple Scroll Chapter 7 The Question of the Dating of the Temple Scroll and Other Scribal Phenomena Chapter 8 A Bibliographic Essay: Surveying the Literature; Final Thoughts Chapter 9 Bibliography Chapter 10 Supplement Chapter 11 About the Author