The Forging of a Tradition: The Hebrew Bible, Ezra the Scribe, and the Corruption of Jewish Monotheism According to the Writings of al-Ṭabarī, al-Thaʿlabī, and Ibn Ḥazm

Abstrakt

The article researches Ibn Ḥazm's claim that Ezra the scribe corrupted the Hebrew Bible. A tale from Avot d'Rabbi Natan that features Ezra's alleged scribal dots (puncta extraordinaria) is posited as a reasonable source for the claim.

Klíčová slova

• Al-Tabari
• Al-Talabi
• Avot d’Rabbi Natan
• Ezra
• Hebrew Bible
• Ibn Hazm
• puncta extraordinaria