Dear List Participants,

4Q247 frag. 1, col. 1, line 7 mentions v ha sofer im zahar vim nekiva.... Does it really means woman-scribe as Eisenman and Wise understand it or “one who is counting their seven days, whether they are male or female. . . ” as Garsia Martinez and Tigchelaar say?

In the first case, how wide was female-scribing spread? Does it means, that status of woman scribe was equal to man? Are there other text talking about the same practice?

Thank you very much,

Svetlana Babkina

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