SCRIBAL PRACTICES AND APPROACHE S ... - Emanuel Tov

Scribal Practices and Approaches Reflected in the Texts from the Judean Desert 265
The data recorded in cols. 1–4, 7–8 of the nonbiblical texts (cols. 1–4, 7 of the biblical texts)
are largely objective, while the information in cols. 5–6, 9 (cols. 5–7 of the biblical texts) is
subjective. Names of compositions printed in boldface in the very first column were probably
copied according to the Qumran scribal practice. Less certain examples are indicated with a
question mark in col. 6. See further the above description of that column.
Name Sect.
Mar-
kers
Correction
Systems
Scribal
Markings
a. BIBLICAL TEXTS AND TEFILLIN
Divine Names Sectarian
Nature
Qumran
Scribal
Practice
Date Assigned
1QDeuta gd — y
1QIsaa scribes A, B y dots
cr pHeb X puncta (correc — y b 112
cross waw no-gd tor of MS)
1QPsb pal-Tetragr — no data
2QExod b pal-Tetragr — y? 20
2QpaleoLev gd — no data
2QNumb — y? b 15
2QDeutc gd — y? 35
2QJer no-gd — y
3QLam pal-Tetragr — no data 20
4QGen-Exoda gd — n b 112
4QGenk gd? — n 15
4Q[Gen-]Exod b — y b 5
4QExodc dots — n
4QExod j pal-Tetragr — y? 15
4QExodk cr — 82
4QpaleoExodm gd waw — n? b 62
4QLevg pal-Tetragr — no data
4QLev-Numa gd — n b 125
4QNumb gd waw — y b 25
4QDeutc dots cross — n b 125
4QDeutj V–XII340 dots no-gd — y 50
4QDeutk1 — y b 15
4QDeutk2 pal-Tetragr — y b 15
4QDeutm — y b 25
4QDeutn gd — n? b 15
4QDeuto gd — n b 62
Name Sect.
Mar-
kers
Correction
Systems
Scribal
Markings
Divine Names Sectarian
Nature
Qumran
Scribal
Practice
Date Assigned
4QSam c dots puncta — y b 87
4QIsa a gd — n b 37
4QIsa c no-gd pal-Tetragr — y 50
4QIsa d dots (Tetragr) — n 50
4QIsa g gd — n b 25
4QIsa h dots — n b 75
4QJer a dots par — n b 200
4QJer c cross — n b 15
340 The fragments of 4QDeut j , published as a single scroll, should probably be separated into two entities since only cols.
V–XII reflect the orthographic and morphological features of the Qumran scribal practice. Scribal dots are found only in
that section (VIII 8 [Deut 11:10]). Since the script and column size are identical in both segments, possibly they were
copied from different Vorlagen.