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.

—— Books ——

Old Testament Textual Criticism by Ellis Brotzman and Eric Tully
Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Genizah by Adina Hoffman and Peter Cole
The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible by Martin Abegg Jr., Peter Flint, and Eugene Ulrich
The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation by Michael Wise and Martin Abegg Jr.
The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English by Geza Vermes

—— Links ——

Check out all the lectures in How We Got the Bible
Frieberg Genizah Project digitizing Cairo genizah manuscripts (see also the free app)
See what other classes are available here or on the Restitutio Classes podcast (subscribe in Apple, Spotify, RSS feed)
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331 Bible 2 – Earliest Hebrew Manuscripts