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  1. Actually it turns out that he vs. heth is the most common letter confusion in #Samaritan #Genesis. That surprises me, but I've found twenty such confusions among proper names. I suspect the lack of pronunciation difference helps.
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    #HebrewBible #TextualCriticism #SamaritanPentateuch

  2. Actually it turns out that he vs. heth is the most common letter confusion in . That surprises me, but I've found twenty such confusions among proper names. I suspect the lack of pronunciation difference helps.
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  3. Actually it turns out that he vs. heth is the most common letter confusion in #Samaritan #Genesis. That surprises me, but I've found twenty such confusions among proper names. I suspect the lack of pronunciation difference helps.
    3/2
    #HebrewBible #TextualCriticism #SamaritanPentateuch

  4. Comparing the SamP with MT systematically, I think I am seeing a nearly consistently different use of waw in lists, and in Exodus, several places where SamP's דבר corresponds to MT's אמר, oddly.

    Anyone know of scholarship on these?

    #HebrewBible #TextualCriticism #SamaritanPentateuch

  5. Today I learned:
    (1) Cambridge University Library has posted the oldest known Pentateuch manuscript online,
    (2) Samaritan manuscript script looks crazy but is really regular, &
    (3) with squinting at the Samaritan script Wikipedia page, I can read Samaritan!

    cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD

  6. Today I learned:
    (1) Cambridge University Library has posted the oldest known #Samaritan Pentateuch manuscript online,
    (2) Samaritan manuscript script looks crazy but is really regular, &
    (3) with squinting at the Samaritan script Wikipedia page, I can read Samaritan!

    cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD
    #HebrewBible #SamaritanPentateuch
    #manuscript_digitization

  7. Today I learned:
    (1) Cambridge University Library has posted the oldest known #Samaritan Pentateuch manuscript online,
    (2) Samaritan manuscript script looks crazy but is really regular, &
    (3) with squinting at the Samaritan script Wikipedia page, I can read Samaritan!

    cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD
    #HebrewBible #SamaritanPentateuch
    #manuscript_digitization