HUMN 1210- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 62 pages long!)
30 Nov 2017
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The book has always been valued and treasured by jews. Genizah: the place of concealment where old sacred books must be hidden away, The oldest biblical manuscripts are the dead sea scrolls, which date back to the 1st literally means treasury century bc to the 1st century ad. None of these were illuminated because the halacha (jewish law) prohibits any form of adornment for biblical scrolls, including vowel signs and punctuation, in addition to laying down exacting requirements regarding format (columns and spacing) The talmud declares that if a torah scroll is found with god"s name written in gold it is to. In the letter of aristeas dating from the beginning of the 2nd century bc, the be hidden presentation of the septuagint (greek translation of the old testament) given to king. Illuminated manuscripts were used by dura artists to guide them in their synagogue paintings of biblical scenes.
