Among the most charming of the dozens of thousands of Bible fragments found in the Cairo Genizah,1 are the hundred or so in which the biblical text is written in some sort of shorthand, or abbreviated, manner.2 At least three different methods of abbreviation are found among these manuscripts. Sometimes, only the opening few words of each verse are written (the ‘Lemma Method’). The great pronouncement of comfort in the opening... Read More
FOTM
Kim Phillips
on Thu 8 Feb 2024
Has tags: Bible, FOTM, Genizah Fragments, serugin, Targum, vocalisation