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On 12 Feb 97 at 10:31, James R. Adair wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Lewis Reich wrote:

> > Isn't the question of the variety of versions of the the text at that 
> > point a different question from whether the different versions were 
> > being accurately reproduced and transmitted?

> One question that Tov's analysis of the Qumran material raises is, When
> did the meticulous attention to detail that characterized the Masoretes'
> work with the text begin?  Since there are so many different forms of the
> Hebrew text present at Qumran, I think we can at least say that extreme
> attention to detail did not characterize the transmission of the entirety
> of the Hebrew ms tradition during or slightly before the first century
> C.E. 

I'm not convinced that a variety of forms necessarily means that 
transmission was inaccurate at that time.  It could mean that 
different versions had been accurately transmitted, could it not?



Lewis Reich
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