Proto-MT

Dots on Deuteronomy 29:28: A Polemical Response to Qumran’s Secret Laws

“The secret things belong unto YHWH our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever”—the verse has eleven dotted letters indicating erasure marks, but why? The answer lies in a controversial interpretation found in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Prof.

Albert I. Baumgarten

Socio-Religious Background and Stabilization

Prof.

Emanuel Tov

Evaluating (Proto-)MT

Prof.

Emanuel Tov

Precise Transmission of Inconsistent Spelling

Prof.

Emanuel Tov

Judean Desert Texts Outside Qumran