Last time we looked at the Hebrew manuscripts known as the Masoretic Texts from the middle ages. Today, we’ll focus on the earliest Hebrew manuscripts ever found, including those at the Cairo Genizah, the Ein-Gedi Scroll, the Nash Papyrus, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Ketef Hinnom Silver Scroll. This is going to be very helpful for future lectures when we cover the process of figuring out which readings are best when manuscripts differ from one another.
2 thoughts on “331 Bible 2 – Earliest Hebrew Manuscripts”
Nicely done; good series.
Though the most important event of 1948 affecting the children of the Father was not the discovery of Scrolls, but the Nakba.
Thanks for including the wide dating for the DSS (200 BCE-68 CE). I prefer a later dating for the scrolls, closer to the first Jewish war. I think it helps contextualize some things. No matter, whatever dating one holds for the DSS, they certainly exemplify some of the earliest MSS for the Tanach.
Nicely done; good series.
Though the most important event of 1948 affecting the children of the Father was not the discovery of Scrolls, but the Nakba.
Great class, Sean.
Thanks for including the wide dating for the DSS (200 BCE-68 CE). I prefer a later dating for the scrolls, closer to the first Jewish war. I think it helps contextualize some things. No matter, whatever dating one holds for the DSS, they certainly exemplify some of the earliest MSS for the Tanach.