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To Rochelle Altman,
Your response discusses at length the possibility
of multiple scribal hands in 1QS. That will be of
interest when you collect your data but for now the
question of interest is your claim that single
scribes systematically distinguished between Shin
and Sin in writing. Such a claim has never been
made by anyone before who has worked on Qumran
texts, so far as I know. Therefore it is reasonable
to ask for examples. You graciously cited
some examples. However neither Kraft nor I were
able to verify your claim from the examples you cited.
Is it possible that I (and Kraft) misunderstood you,
and that you did not intend to mean a single
scribe wrote Shin differently from Sin?
(Don't get me wrong: your post was filled with many
interesting things. However, I also had the subtle
impression of a rug being pulled, or being baited
and then switched . . . anyway, thanks.)
Greg Doudna
Copenhagen
For private reply, e-mail to Greg Doudna <gd@teol.ku.dk>
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