RT Article
T1 Sans érasure: A Counterintuitive Scribal Practice
JF Textus
VO 32
IS 1
SP 1
OP 18
A1 Greenstein, Edward L. 1949-
LA English
PB The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
YR 2023
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1851150838
AB 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.
K1 Bob Dylon
K1 bibel samuel 2,13,33
K1 bibel rut 3,12
K1 bibel jeremia 38,16
K1 bibel klagelieder 5,20
K1 bibel exodus 8,12-14
K1 bibel numeri 10,35-36
K1 11QPalmsa
K1 bibel ijob 22,12
K1 bibel ijob 13,14
K1 bibel ijob 37,6
K1 bibel ijob 38,38
K1 Job
K1 emendation in the Hebrew Bible
K1 Ugaritic texts
K1 homoioteleuton
K1 qere-ketiv
K1 scribal correction
K1 scribal error
K1 scribal practice
DO 10.1163/2589255X-bja10033