Understanding the Text of the Bible 65 Years after the Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls

• Authors: Emanuel Tov
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The focus of this study is the biblical Dead Sea Scrolls, 65 years after their discovery near the Dead Sea, with the purpose of improving our understanding of the text of Hebrew Scripture. The Qumran finds (more than 200 fragmentary scrolls) reflect textual plurality, and all the biblical texts were probably considered authoritative. At the same time, the 25 Scripture scrolls from sites in the Judean Desert outside Qumran are virtually identical to the medieval MT.

Keywords

EN

Qumran; textual criticism; biblical scrolls; Judean Desert; Masoretic Text

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Open Theology
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1

Dates

received

2014-07-14

accepted

2014-11-12

online

2015-01-28

Contributors

author

Emanuel Tov

• Hebrew University of Jerusalem

References

• Magness, J. The Archeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002.
• Tov, E. Revised Lists of the Texts from the Judaean Desert. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2010.
• Tov, E. Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible. 3rd ed., revised and expanded. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2012.

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/opth-2014-0007