Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Heard, Christopher" <Christopher.Heard AT pepperdine.edu>]

Hi Schmuel,

On May 4, 2005, at 12:31 PM, Schmuel wrote:
>   Christopher, does your dissertation and research go into these  
> issues in depth?  Do you consider in your book also how the tiqqune  
> sopherim question affects the basic underlying question as to  
> whether the Masoretic Text represents the "original" text.

The short answer is "no." My dissertation and the book that resulted  
after most of the "dissertationese" was removed focus on a reading of  
the "canonical form" (so to speak) of Genesis 12-36. I addressed the  
tiqqune soferim issue only with specific regard to Genesis 18:22. As  
such, my book doesn't really fit on your bibliographic list, as kind  
as it was of you to include it. :-)

Chris

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