Backward NUNS in Psalm 107 and Numbers 10:35-36

Jim West jwest at Highland.Net
Thu Aug 20 07:28:42 EDT 1998


At 03:15 PM 8/20/98 +0000, you wrote:
>On Thu, 20 Aug 1998 08:11:33 -0600, you wrote:

>Good question, I looked at Brotzman's little book on textual
>criticism, he calls them "talmudic additions" to the text.  He does
>not explain them, however.  His footnotes are to Wurthwein, The Text
>of the OT, page 17 and Ginsberg, Massoretico-Critical Edition, pages
>334-345.  I do not have handy access to either of those works, but it
>does give you someplace to hunt.
>
>
>Phillip J. Long
>Asst. Prof. Bible & Greek
>Grace Bible College


wurthwein rightly says "it is an abbreviation for <heb> naqud </heb> =
"pointed".  The nun is inverted  to distinguish it from  the letters in the
text.  In short it is merely a scribal note.

best,

jim

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Jim West, ThD
Adjunct Professor of Bible
Quartz Hill School of Theology
jwest at highland.net
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