Hebrew Voices #145 – Decorative Doohickeys
In this episode of Hebrew Voices, Decorative Doohickeys, Bible Scholar Dr. Nehemia Gordon discusses with Jewish scribe Marc Michaels, an ancient scribal instruction manual for Torah scroll calligraphy, his search for lost fragments of this ancient tome, and the sketchy … Continue reading →
In this episode of Hebrew Voices, Decorative Doohickeys, Bible Scholar Dr. Nehemia Gordon discusses with Jewish scribe Marc Michaels, an ancient scribal instruction manual for Torah scroll calligraphy, his search for lost fragments of this ancient tome, and the sketchy practices of some manuscript dealers.
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Hebrew Voices #145 – Decorative Doohickeys
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Marc: I once repaired lipstick off a Torah.
Nehemia: Are you serious?
Marc: I’m not! It’s in my Care of My Torah book. It says, “Please do not do this!”
Nehemia: We’re back here with Mordechai Pinchas, Marc Michaels, who is a working scribe. He's a senior scholar at Cambridge University working on his PhD, and he's now going to tell us about this book he published, this book he wrote that was published by Brill, a very respectable academic publisher, and it's about Sefer Tagay or Sefer Tagin.
Marc: Sefer Tagin. Well, Tagay is actually the original…
Nehemia: I have a confession here to make. In the last program we did a few years ago, in one of the episodes that we did, you mentioned Sefer Tagay, and we had a producer who works for me who contacted you and said, “I think this was a mistake. Do you want us to correct it?” And that person had based this on a Google search, and they didn't realize they're talking to one of the world's top experts on this Sefer Tagay! And you're like, “Well, actually the Aramaic form…”
Marc: Yeah. Well, officially it starts off with the introduction. It says, “This is the Sefer Tagay,” and it’s not Tagin, but it's become known as Sefer Tagin, because that’s the plural; tag is singular, tagin is plural.
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I have a question…I just watched a 4 part series on Dr. Miles Jones’ “Writing of God” YT page on a recent discovery of a lead writing tablet found on Mount Ebal listing curses. The writing on the tablet, which is proto-alphabetic, contains the Name of God…which written with only 3 letters: Yod Hey Vav. My understanding (which could be in error) is that this proto-alphabetic script is the script taught by God to Moses and then to the people or very close to it. My question (really 2) is this: When was the 4th letter added to God’s Name and why was it added?
I actually purchased a framed section of an old Torah scroll from exodus 40 for my husband for Hanukkah. It is a very cherished piece for us. I hope it wasn’t cut out deliberately
Very interesting conversation. Never a dull moment when Dr. Nehemia Gordon is involved. Thank you!
Wow!!! I am always in awe of your discoveries, and teachings. Thank you. Be blessed.
Marc Michaels is always very interesting. And so smart (well, of course he’s smart; he has a British accent 🙂 )
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