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

From: Jim West <jwest AT Highland.Net>
To: Phillip J Long <plong AT gbcol.edu>
Cc: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: Re: Backward NUNS in Psalm 107 and Numbers 10:35-36
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 11:28:42 +0000

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
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Quartz Hill School of Theology
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Re: Backward NUNS in Psalm 107 and Numbers 10:35-36, Jim West, 08/20/1998