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Scribal Errors

Black or Yellow Hair: A Scribe Miscopied the Laws of Tzaraat

When the priest looks at a skin infection in a person’s hair or beard, “and there is no black hair in it” (MT), or “there is no yellow hair in it” (LXX), the priest puts the person in quarantine for seven days. Which biblical version is right?

Dr. Rabbi

Zev Farber

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Acquiring Ruth with the Land: A Text-Critical Solution for Ruth 4:5

The mistaken exchange of the letter gimel for a vav corrupted the meaning of a key verse in Ruth.

Prof.

Raanan Eichler

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Precise Transmission of Inconsistent Spelling

Prof.

Emanuel Tov

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Where Did On Disappear to?

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Scribing the Tabernacle: A Visual Midrash Embedded in the Torah Scroll

Dr. Rabbi

David Z. Moster

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Did God Bless Shabbat?

“And the Lord Blessed the Seventh Day and Consecrated It” (Genesis 2:3). Can time be blessed?

Prof. Rabbi

David Frankel

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Key Characteristics of (Proto-) MT

Prof.

Emanuel Tov

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