Sans érasure: A Counterintuitive Scribal Practice

A curious phenomenon that is attested in the Ugaritic texts, elsewhere in the ancient Near East, the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, medieval texts, and beyond is a scribal practice I call sans érasure, a case in which a scribe leaves an error uncorrected and proceeds to write or copy the correc...

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Main Author: Greenstein, Edward L. 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2023
In: Textus
Year: 2023, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-18
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Scribe / Error / Correction / Bible. Klagelieder 5,21 / Bible. Klagelieder 5,22 / Bible. Exodus 8,12-28 / Bible. Levitikus 20,10 / Bible. Psalmen 145 / Höhle 11, Qumran / Dead Sea scrolls, Qumran Scrolls / Bible. Ijob 37,13
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B qere-ketiv
B bibel samuel 2,13,33
B emendation in the Hebrew Bible
B scribal error
B homoioteleuton
B bibel klagelieder 5,20
B 11QPalmsa
B bibel ijob 13,14
B bibel numeri 10,35-36
B bibel ijob 37,6
B bibel ijob 38,38
B Bob Dylon
B bibel rut 3,12
B Occupation
B bibel jeremia 38,16
B Ugaritic texts
B scribal correction
B scribal practice
B bibel ijob 22,12
B bibel exodus 8,12-14
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Summary:A curious phenomenon that is attested in the Ugaritic texts, elsewhere in the ancient Near East, the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, medieval texts, and beyond is a scribal practice I call sans érasure, a case in which a scribe leaves an error uncorrected and proceeds to write or copy the correct letter, word, line, or verse following the error. In this article, a number of rather clear examples are adduced from the Ugaritic texts, and a number of examples from the Hebrew Bible are proposed. Several of these cases would seem to be recognized in the Masoretic tradition in instances of ‮לא קרי‬‎ (written but not read). Some of the biblical examples resolve longstanding philological cruxes. Among the examples are several from the book of Job and the last verse in Lamentations. An explanation for the practice is suggested.
ISSN:2589-255X
Contains:Enthalten in: Textus
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/2589255X-bja10033