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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: wattswestmaas <wattswestmaas AT eircom.net>
  • Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.Ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] John Gill and his dissertation
  • Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:50:50 +0000

On 26/03/2005 18:48, wattswestmaas wrote:

...

He compares Genesis 10:3-4 and 1 Chronicles 1:6 where Riphath and Dodanim
become Diphath and Rodanim in Chronicles saying that it is impossible to
mistake a RESH for a DALET if texts were copied from non-sqaure script. He
actually lists quite a few examples but I have just put one here. It sems
that the dalet and the resh are often mixed up. Now these letters are VERY
clear in other scripts right. So what is the answer please?


The very simple answer, as given by most scholars, is that these were errors made by copyists after the square script was introduced. Actually, if as most believe Chronicles was written after the Exile (it was certainly edited after the exile), its original written form would probably have been square script rather than archaic or palaeo-Hebrew.

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