Paleographic Style and the Forms and Functions of the Dead Sea Psalm Scrolls: A Hand Fitting for the Occasion?

In this article I apply stylistic paleographic analysis to the Dead Sea Psalm scrolls, proposing conventional usage registers for different types and levels of scripts. I argue that more formal scripts were normally used for large presentation copies of known versions of the Davidic psalter, while l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Longacre, Drew ca. 21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2022
In: Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2022, Volume: 72, Issue: 1, Pages: 67-92
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Textual criticism / Analysis / Paleography / Dead Sea scrolls, Qumran Scrolls / Psalms
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
HH Archaeology
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