The Linguistic Classification of the Reading Traditions of Biblical Hebrew: A Phyla-and-Waves Model
Benjamin Kantor, "The Linguistic Classification of the Reading Traditions of Biblical Hebrew: A Phyla-and-Waves Model "
English | ISBN: 1783749547 | 2023 | 230 pages | PDF | 10 MB
English | ISBN: 1783749547 | 2023 | 230 pages | PDF | 10 MB
In recent decades, the field of Biblical Hebrew philology and linguistics has been witness to a growing interest in the diverse traditions of Biblical Hebrew. Indeed, while there is a tendency for many students and scholars to conceive of Biblical Hebrew as equivalent with the Tiberian pointing of the Leningrad Codex as it appears in Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS), there are many other important reading traditions attested throughout history.
Origen's Secunda reflects a late Roman reading tradition of Biblical Hebrew transcribed into Greek letters. Occasional transcriptions of Biblical Hebrew into Latin letters in Jerome's commentaries similarly reflect a reading tradition from early Byzantine Palestine. In the medieval period, alongside Tiberian Hebrew we also find the Babylonian tradition and the Palestinian tradition. The modern oral reading tradition of the Samaritan community also likely has roots in the Second Temple period.
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