11-27-2010, 09:35 PM
Lately, I've glanced at a couple of websites to see how the dead sea scrolls rendered YHWH. Kind of interesting actually. Apparently, they used a more ancient form of "Middle Hebrew" script for YHWH, instead of the "Late Hebrew" script of the scrolls themselves.
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On a side note, the Masoretic text contains a significant number of inconsistencies in the use of matres lectionis. I think the dead sea scrolls might go a long way in correcting those inconsistencies. Masoretic (`e:lo:hiym) for example, is rendered as (`e:low:hiym) in the DSS.
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On a side note, the Masoretic text contains a significant number of inconsistencies in the use of matres lectionis. I think the dead sea scrolls might go a long way in correcting those inconsistencies. Masoretic (`e:lo:hiym) for example, is rendered as (`e:low:hiym) in the DSS.