Here is Part II of Nehemia Gordon speaking with Idan Dershowitz about his book, The Valediction of Moses. This recording includes some engaging discussion on the use of "Elohim" in V, rather than the Tetragrammaton. Here's hoping for a Part III! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v-5xFHjiEM&t=1083s
I very much enjoyed this interview about the Shapira Scroll. Nehemia Gordon speaks with Idan Dershowitz about his book, The Valediction of Moses. It's well worth watching, and I'm looking forward to Part II. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIrlLP2vlao
The Torah contains two competing lists of the twelve tribes of Israel. While no two lists of the tribes are identical, their division into one of two categories is revealing. Milgrom identifies a determining factor: “The tribal lists throughout the Bible may vary in the names and order of the tribes, but they share in…
This paper will offer evidence supporting the Shapira Scroll as a proto-biblical document. It will do this by comparing and contrasting passages from the following three documents: the canonical text of Leviticus, the Cairo Geniza’s Damascus Document (CD), and the Decalogue - together with its corresponding Blessings and Curses - of the Shapira Scroll. It…