Biblical Hebrew Forum

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On 29 Mar 2007 at 17:01, Jimmy Doyle wrote:

[snip]
> before 1500 ce we reckon with some 6000 masoretic mss, 200 fragmentary
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Ummmm, is this a typo? 6000 seems like an awful lot...

> dss, and a large number of fragmentary texts from the cairo genizah.
> for the latter i have no number, i trust you will find the sources (if
> you would pressure me i would say 200-500, but this is a mere guess)
> 
> Thanks
> Jimmy Doyle
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Dave Washburn
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