"Published in cooperation with the Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The textual study of the Bible : a new outlook -- Oral tradition and written transmission, or the heard and seen word in Judaism of the Second Temple period -- The paleo-Hebrew alphabet and biblical text criticism -- Synonymous readings in the masoretic text -- Double readings in the masoretic text -- Sam 15:32b : a case of conflate readings? -- A case of abbreviation resulting in double readings -- Emendation of biblical texts on the basis of ugaritic parallels -- A case of faulty harmonization -- The town lists of the Tribe of Simeon : (1Chr2:55) -- Amen as an introductory oath formula -- An apparently redundant reading in the Masoretic text : (Jer 1:18) -- The three scrolls of the law found in the temple court -- Prolegomenon to the Ten Nequdoth of the Torah -- Pisqah beema -- Pasuq and the psalms scroll from Qumran : cave 11 (11qpsa) -- Textual criticism : the ancient versions -- The crystallization of the "canon of Hebrew scriptures" in the light of biblical scrolls from Qumran.