Biblical Archaeology Review

Biblical Archaeology Review is the flagship publication of the Biblical Archaeology Society. For more than 40 years it has been making the world of archaeology in the lands of the Bible come alive for the interested layperson. Full of vivid images and articles written by leading scholars, this is a must read for anyone interested in the archaeology of the ancient Near East.

Endnote 1 - Missing Link in Hebrew Bible Formation

For example, in his essay “The Development of the Masoretic Bible,” in Adele Berlin and Marc Zvi Brettler, eds., The Jewish Study Bible, 2nd ed. (Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2004, 2014), Jordan S. Penkower notes the paucity of texts in this interim: “It is especially difficult to reconstruct this period because we lack direct witnesses to the Hebrew text; i.e., we do not have Hebrew mss [manuscripts] from most of this period.” The Ashkar-Gilson manuscript had apparently not yet been published.

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