Manuscripts & Textual Criticism at EHJ 2026

Understanding how biblical texts were transmitted, copied, and preserved over centuries requires careful study of manuscripts. EHJ 2026 features scholars examining Hebrew biblical manuscripts, variations in spelling and text, ancient inscriptions, and the tools modern computational methods bring to textual analysis. Sessions explore the relationship between different textual traditions and what manuscript evidence reveals about scribal practices and textual interpretation in antiquity. For foundational research on this topic, see the Institute's study on <a href="https://hebrew.edu.rs/textual-criticism-the-dead-sea-scrolls-and-the-earliest-recoverable-text-of-the-torah/" target="_blank" class="text-[#773E36] hover:text-[#5E302A] font-semibold">textual criticism and the earliest recoverable text of the Torah</a>.