Parry, Donald W.,  1967- <br/><br/>
Exploring the Isaiah scrolls and their textual variants /  [print] 
by Donald W. Parry ; foreword by Eugene Ulrich. 
 - New York, New York  BRILL  (c) 2019. 
 - 509 pages :  charts, tables :  3 cm 
 - Supplements to the Textual History of the Bible Ser. .
 - Supplements to the Textual History of the Bible Ser. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Textual Affiliation of the Isaiah Scrolls --  Qumran Isaih Scrolls and Ketib-Qere Readings of Masoretic-Type Texts --  "Absolute" Hapax Legomena in Isaiah --  Corpus-Based Examination of Linguistic Features in MT Isaiah Versus 1QIsa  Textual Variants in This Work Not Exhibited in DJD XXXII 
<br/><br/> "In Exploring the Isaiah Scrolls and Their Textual Variants, Donald W. Parry systematically presents, on a verse-by-verse basis, the variants of the Hebrew witnesses of Isaiah (the Masoretic Text and the twenty-one Isaiah Dead Sea Scrolls) and briefly discusses why each variant exists. The Isaiah scrolls have greatly impacted our understanding of the textual history of the Bible, and in recent decades, Bible translation committees have incorporated a number of the variants into their translations; as such, the Isaiah scrolls are important for both academic and popular audiences. Variant characterizations include four categories: (a) accidental errors, e.g., dittography, haplography, metathesis, graphic similarity; (b) intentional changes by scribes and copyists; (c) synonymous readings; (d) scribes' stylistic approaches and conventions"-- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789004412033 9004412034 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019032201 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible. Hebrew <br/>Dead Sea scrolls
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Curriculum Objective: </label><br/>Bible-BIB
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1515.U45.E975 2020 BS1515