Samaritan Pentateuch
biblical literature
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- In biblical literature: The Samaritan Pentateuch
The importance of the recension known as the Samaritan Pentateuch lies in the fact that it constitutes an independent Hebrew witness to the text written in a late and developed form of the paleo-Hebrew script. Some of the Exodus fragments from Qumrān demonstrate…
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divergence from Masoretic Bible
- In biblical literature: Textual criticism: manuscript problems
The Samaritan Pentateuch and the pre-Masoretic versions of the Old Testament made directly from Hebrew originals are all replete with divergences from current Masoretic Bibles. Finally, the scrolls from the Judaean desert, especially those from the caves of Qumrān, have provided, at least, illustrations of many…
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