02-08-2008, 08:40 PM
Shlama,
I don't put the Pshitta Tanakh in the same age as the "Vorlage" itself, but since it (the Pshitta Tanakh/OT) was completed by the first century, and the fact that the Masoretic was completed by the 10/11th century speaks volumes. That's a long time after the first century.
I think probably the safest Masoretic edition would be the Aleppo Codex and texts from the Yemenite tradition.
I agree, the DSS is a grand source for some of the earliest texts and assists in understanding the background of the period.
I don't put the Pshitta Tanakh in the same age as the "Vorlage" itself, but since it (the Pshitta Tanakh/OT) was completed by the first century, and the fact that the Masoretic was completed by the 10/11th century speaks volumes. That's a long time after the first century.
I think probably the safest Masoretic edition would be the Aleppo Codex and texts from the Yemenite tradition.
I agree, the DSS is a grand source for some of the earliest texts and assists in understanding the background of the period.