Research Catalog

Title

Material and digital reconstruction of fragmentary Dead Sea scrolls : the case of 4Q418a / [edited] by Jonathan Ben-Dov, Asaf Gayer, Eshbal Ratzon ; with the assistance of Anna Shirav, Einat Tamir.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Ben-Dov, Jonathan
• Gayer, Asaf
• Ratzon, Eshbal

Series Statement

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, 0169-9962 ; volume 136

Uniform Title

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 136.

Subject

• 4QInstruction
• Image reconstruction
• Dead Sea scrolls. 4Q418a > Conservation and restoration
• Dead Sea scrolls > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Qumran community

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• In the Table of Contents, Part 2 title, the e in (4QInstruction e) is superscript.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-271) and indexes.

Contents

Introduction: the present volume -- Part 1. Methodology -- 1. Collecting the materials -- 2. Margin of error -- 3. Image manipulation -- 4. Scaling the images -- 5. Removing the background -- 6. Finding information on the verso -- 7. Finding wads -- 8. Reading and text reconstruction -- 9. Recreating single columns based on fragments and parallels -- 10. Font -- Appendix 1: Experiment for validating the use of a custom-made font / Eshbal Ratzon, Einat Tamir, and Rivkah Madmoni -- Appendix 2: Automated font generation / Bronson Brown-deVost -- 11. Damage patterns -- 12. Placing the fragments on the canvas using the Stegemann Method -- Appendix 3: Margin of error for placing the fragments on the canvas -- 13. Using one prepared copy as a skeleton for a second copy -- Appendix 4: Margin of error for chapter 13 -- Part 2. 4Q418a (4QInstruction e) -- 14. Introduction to the material study of Instruction (Musar LaMevin) -- 15. Re-edition of 4Q418a / Eshbal Ratzon -- 16. Material and digital reconstruction of 4Q418a / Eshbal Ratzon -- 17. Conclusion: movement towards a comprehensive reconstruction of Instruction.

Call Number

JFE 23-2820

ISBN

• 9789004473041
• 9004473041
• 9789004473058 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2022002355
• 40031312059

OCLC

1300754643

Title

Material and digital reconstruction of fragmentary Dead Sea scrolls : the case of 4Q418a / [edited] by Jonathan Ben-Dov, Asaf Gayer, Eshbal Ratzon ; with the assistance of Anna Shirav, Einat Tamir.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]

Description

xvii, 278 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, 0169-9962 ; volume 136

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 136.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-271) and indexes.

Summary

"Scholars working with ancient scrolls seek ways to extract maximum information from the multitude of fragments. Various methods were applied to that end on the Dead Sea Scrolls as well as on other ancient texts. The present book augments these methods to a full-scale protocol, while adapting them to a new computerized environment. Fundamental methodological issues are illuminated as part of the discussion, and the potential margin of error is provided on an empirical basis, as practiced in the sciences. The method is then exemplified with regard to the scroll 4Q418a, a copy of a wisdom composition from Qumran"-- Provided by publisher.

Added Author

Ben-Dov, Jonathan, editor.

Gayer, Asaf, editor.

Ratzon, Eshbal, editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Material and digital reconstruction of fragmentary Dead Sea scrolls Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022 9789004473058 (DLC) 2022002356

Other Standard Identifier

40031312059

Research Call Number

JFE 23-2820