שחזור חדש למגילת מקצת מעשי התורה: יציבות הטקסט: [מתוך המדור: נוסח, לשון ולבלרות]

This article offers a comprehensive reassessment of the textual history of Miqsat Maaśê ha-Torah (4QMMT), based on a new material reconstruction of its six extant manuscripts (4Q394–399). Prepared as part of a forthcoming critical edition co-authored with Vered Noam and published by Oxford University Press, this reconstruction allows for a detailed examination of the textual integrity and consistency of the work across its various copies.4QMMT has long served as a key document for understanding sectarian law and ideology at Qumran. The composition is conventionally divided into three sections: (A) a calendrical section preserved only in 4Q394;(B) a list of disputed legal rulings preserved in 4Q394–397; and (C) an epilogue appealing for repentance and promising reward for observance,found in 4Q397–399. Scholars have debated the textual coherence of these sections, with some arguing that the work demonstrates considerable textual fluidity. This view has been supported by apparent discrepancies between copies.The article challenges the prevailing view of textual fluidity by subjecting each claim to close scrutiny in light of the new reconstruction. First, the presence of the calendar at the beginning of 4Q394 and its alleged absence from other copies have been interpreted as evidence that the calendar was a later addition. However, the physical analysis of 4Q395, including stitching marks, suggests that at least one additional sheet once preceded the surviving text—possibly containing the calendrical section. Thus,the absence of the calendar in other copies cannot be taken as conclusive evidence for its non-inclusion.