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Document Details : Title: 'Not One Iota Will Pass...' Subtitle: On a Variant Shape of the Letter Yod and What Can and Cannot be Deduced from it Author(s): WIMMER, Stefan Jakob Journal: Semitica Volume: 64 Date: 2022 Pages: 47-70 DOI: 10.2143/SE.64.0.3291268 Abstract : In the frame of updating my study on the hieratic numerals and special signs that were used in (palaeo-)Hebrew inscriptions, a reinvestigation of some symbols, which were considered by some to be possibly numerals, turned out that they are not. Instead, they can and should be considered a valid variant shape for the letter yod. This has repercussions on the current debate around the question whether or not the so-called Shapira manuscripts could be considered fragments of an authentic, pre-exilic Biblical book. Une étude renouvelée des signes hiératiques employés par des inscriptions paléo-hébraïques révèle que certains d’entre eux, que d’aucuns pensaient être des signes numériques, sont en réalité une variante de la lettre yod. Cette découverte a des répercussions sur le débat actuel concernant l’authenticité des fragments Shapira qui préserveraient un livre biblique d’époque pré-exilique. |
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