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- Title
A Newly Discovered Leaf of Megillat Ta'nit and its Scholion.
- Authors
Rosenthal, Yoav
- Abstract
Lately, a rare and important discovery has come to light thanks to the work of the Project for Hebrew Manuscripts and Fragments in Austrian Libraries. In the Library of the Benedictine Monastery of St. Paul in the Lavant valley, a leaf of the Scroll of Fasting (Megillat Ta'anit) with its scholion, was unearthed. Vered Noam has demonstrated that MSS. of the scholion to this scroll present two different, yet original, works. The newly found leaf represents a scholion which has otherwise been preserved in only one faulty MS. and one small fragment containing merely a few words. The new leaf contains a substantial part of the text, about 40% of the entire work, thereby enabling proper research of its text. The first part of this paper presents the text of the new leaf, together with a discussion of its place in the textual tradition of this scholion. The contribution of this new leaf to the research of Megillat Ta'anit and its scholia is consequently presented, and some new insights are gained concerning the special characteristics of this scholion. The second part of the paper deals with a number of dates that appear in the Megilla where the contribution of the newly discovered leaf is especially prominent, both by presenting previously unknown texts and through its alternative textual readings, which enable better understanding of the scholion and its history.
- Subjects
AUSTRIA; HEBREW manuscripts; RELIGIOUS writing; JEWISH antiquities; JEWISH relics; SCHOLIA; LEAF prints; ARCHAEOLOGY &; religion; ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations; ARCHAEOLOGICAL museums &; collections
- Publication
Tarbiz, 2008, Vol 77, Issue 3/4, p357
- ISSN
0334-3650
- Publication type
Article