To: John W Leys <eliyahu5733 AT gmail.com>, b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] 5 scrolls or 1
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:31:10 -0400
Ah here it is-
long ago I read Tov's textual criticism book and on page 4 he talks
about the order of the books and he calls the Pentateuch "the 5
scrolls". I suppose I perceived that to mean that the pentateuch
consisted of 5 individual scrolls rather than just one mega-scroll.
jim
John W Leys wrote:
Not true. The entire Torah is contained on a single scroll in modern
Synagogues. Its heavy, but not unusable. Why would the same not be
true of ancient scrolls?