The Okhla Lists in MS Berlin or. fol. 1213 / Erfurt 3

Sebastian Seemann
Biblical Studies and Exegesis, Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg

Sefer Okhla we-Okhla is a medieval Masoretic work, which consists of different lists of rare words or of peculiarities of the text of the Hebrew Bible. The author of this work is unknown, but already in the 10th century it is mentioned by Ibn Jannah exactly under this name. The work could have taken his form in the 8th or 9th century. To this date only two recensions of Sefer Okhla we-Okhla exist: MS Paris Hébreu 148 and MS Halle Yb 10. 4Q. This MSS are written in France (Tsarfat) or Germany (Ashkenaz) but do not contain any colophones, however they are dated back to 12th to 14th century. On the other side exist old masoretical bibles their Masorah Magna contains many lists which are part of the independent Work Sefer Okhla we-Okhla. One of those is MS Berlin or.fol.1213 / Erfurt 3, dated approximately 1100. The paper presents the Okhla lists of this MS and compares some examples with MS Paris Hébreu 148 and MS Halle Yb 10. 4Q.

Sebastian Seemann
Sebastian Seemann








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