Author : Patrick William Skehan
Publisher : Discoveries in the Judaean Des
ISBN 13 : 9780198263289
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Palaeo-Hebrew and Greek Biblical Manuscripts by : Patrick William Skehan
Download or read book Palaeo-Hebrew and Greek Biblical Manuscripts written by Patrick William Skehan and published by Discoveries in the Judaean Des. This book was released on 1992 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume inaugurates the publication of the Dead Sea Scrolls from the main collection discovered in Cave 4 at Qumran. It continues six biblical manuscripts written in ancient Palaeo-hebrew script, four Septuagint manuscripts, and five hitherto unknown compositions. The Hebrew texts antedate by a millennium what had previously been the earliest surviving biblical codices in the original language, and they document the pluriform nature of the ancient biblical textual tradition before the text became standardized. The most extensive and significant manuscript exhibits the expanded textual tradition that formed the basis for the Samaritan Pentateuch and helps illuminate the historical and theological relationship between the Jews and Samaritans.