Many of us are aware that this text’s fame has recently been revived because of Wes Huff’s thrilling and helpful interview with Joe Rogan. Unfortunately, that conversation has stirred some controversy regarding the description “word-for-word”. I aim to provide some background information on this discussion, hoping it will bring greater clarity to this important topic.In addition to discussing the textual character of 1QIsaa (the Great Isaiah Scroll), this post gives a helpful overview of current scholarly thinking about how to divide the surviving manuscript traditions of the Hebrew Bible into groups. The problem is complicated by an underabundance of data.
Some PaleoJudaica posts on the Great Isaiah Scroll are here, here, here, here, here, here, and links.
For that Joe Rogan episode, see here.
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