SCRIBAL PRACTICES AND APPROACHE S ... - Emanuel Tov

Scribal Practices and Approaches Reflected in the Texts from the Judean Desert 295
4QLXXNum of Numbers 3–4 (1 BCE): after 3:41 and 4:6, as well as after groups of words.
8H≥evXIIgr hand A (end of 1 BCE) containing substantial segments of the Minor Prophets: after almost all
verses (E. Tov, DJD VIII, 11–12), as well as after some groups of words.
8H≥evXIIgr hand B (end of 1 BCE): after Zech 9:5, but not after 9:1. This scribe also indicated divisions
between words with small spaces.
P.Oxy. 50.3522 of Job 42 (1 CE): after 42:11, as well as after groups of words (42:11a, 12a).
P.Baden 56b = P.Heidelberg gr. 8 of Exodus 8 (2 CE): some spaces, e.g. after 8:8, 9.
P.Mich. 22 of Psalms 8–9 (3 CE): spaces in different positions in the line after each hemistich.
P.Chester Beatty XIII of Psalms 72–88 LXX (4 CE): after hemistichs, including a dicolon in 82:9.
This group may be extended by the following group of texts that likewise indicated spaces.
b. Graphic indicators (usually high dots or dicola) added in spaces left by the original scribes
Graphic indicators (usually high dots or dicola, rarely oblique strokes or obelus signs [P.Hamb. bil. 1 of Qohelet])
were often added in texts that already had spaces marking the ends of verses. With two exceptions, all these texts are
from the third century CE onwards, which shows that the ancient tradition of marking verse-endings with spacing was
supplemented with a Greek system of indicating small sense units with dots. Sometimes these dots were inserted by
the original scribes, but often they were added after the completion of the writing (§ c below). In those instances,
extant spaces could not be erased, and if no spaces had been left, new markings were inserted between existing
letters. The use of either a dot or dicolon depended on the preference of the scribe.
P.Rylands Greek 458 of Deuteronomy (2 BCE): a space after Deut 24:1 (+ high dot).
P.Yale 1 of Genesis 14 (end of 1 CE?): spaces with median dots.
P.Chester Beatty VIII of Jeremiah 4–5 (2–3 CE): high and median dots, also after groups of words; dicolon
before speech in 4:31.
P.Chester Beatty X (967) of Daniel and Esther (early 3 CE): oblique strokes both in spaces and when no space
was left (see group c below).
P.Scheide + P.Chester Beatty IX (967) of Ezekiel (early 3 CE): spaces with high dots, median dots, and dots on
the line (no spaces left), also after groups of words.
P.Oxy. 9.1166 of Genesis 16 (3 CE): spaces with median dots, also after some groups of words.
P.Berlin 17213 of Genesis 19 (3 CE): a space with a high dot after 19:17.
P.Oxy. 8.1075 of Exodus 40 (3 CE): a space with a high dot after 40:28; otherwise the text is continuous.
P.Fir. 8 of Isaiah (3 CE): high dots, mainly in spaces.
P.Merton 2 of Isaiah 8–60 = P.Chester Beatty VII (965) (3 CE): high dots + dicola, sometimes in spaces.
P.Berlin 17212 of Jeremiah 2–3 (3 CE): spaces with high dots.
P.Bodmer XXIV of Psalms 17–53, 55–118, hand A: (3 CE) spaces + high dots and some dicola, also after
hemistichs.
P.Bodmer XXIV of Psalms 17–53, 55–118, hand B: (3 CE) spaces + dicola and some high dots, also after
hemistichs.
P.Antinoopolis 9 of Proverbs 2–3 (3 CE): spaces with a dicolon or high dot.
P.Berlin 11778 (BKT 8.17) of Job 33–34 (3 CE): spaces + median dot, also after parts of verses.
P.Mil. 13 of Qohelet 3 + (?) P.Mich. 135 of Qohelet 6 (3 CE): spaces with some dicola after hemistichs.
P.Egerton 4 (B.M.) of 2 Chronicles 24 (3 CE): high dots, usually in spaces.
P.Berlin 14039 of Exodus 34–35 (3–4 CE): spaces with high dots, also after groups of words.
P.Genova P.U.G. 1 of Psalms 21–23 LXX (3–4 CE): spaces with dicola after hemistichs.
P.Flor. B.L. 980 of Psalms 143–48 LXX (3–4 CE): dicola, mainly in spaces.
P.Hamb. bil. 1 of Qohelet (3–4 CE): spaces + 2 oblique strokes or obelus signs after hemistichs.
P.Lit. London 202 of Genesis 46–47 (c. 300 CE): spaces with high dots.
P.Lit. London 209 of Canticles 5–6 (early 4 CE): spaces, sometimes with high dots.
P.Vindob. Gr. 39786 of Psalm 9 (early 4 CE): spaces with oblique strokes after hemistichs.
Louvre MND 552 H–L of Psalm 146 LXX (early 4 CE): spaces with 2 oblique strokes after hemistichs.
P.Oxy. 11.1352 (leather) of Psalms 82–83 LXX (early 4 CE): spaces with dicola after groups of words.
Codex St. Cath. of Genesis 27–28 (4 CE): spaces with high dots, also after groups of words.
P.Hamb. Ibscher 5 of Genesis 41 (4 CE): some spaces with high dots, also after groups of words.
P.Berlin 11766 of Exodus 5–7 (4 CE): a space with dicolon after 6:24 and a space in the middle of 6:24;
otherwise the text is continuous.