S26-122 Orality, Textuality, and the Formation of the Hebrew Bible

11/26/2013 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Room: 329 - Convention Center

Theme: Consonantal Text and Oral Vocalization of the Hebrew Bible

Sarianna Metso, University of Toronto, Presiding

Emanuel Tov, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Reading Tradition of the MT Group Compared with That of the Septuagint (30 min)

Geoffrey Khan, University of Cambridge, The Historical Background of the Tiberian Vocalization System (30 min)

Elsie R. Stern, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Between "k'ri" and "k'tiv": Rabbinic Reflections on the Nature of the Consonantal Text of Scripture (30 min)

Steven Fraade, Yale University, The Interlinearity of Targum as Written Text and Oral Performance (30 min)

Stefan Schorch, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Respondent (10 min)

Discussion (20 min)