Scroll Total SU
1QpaleoNum 2QNumc 5 5
4QGen4QGenhn^1 5 5
2QExod4QGenh 2 c 4 4
2QNumd 2
4QGenh-title 1
The following table gives the total number of SU and the total count of variant forms for
each scroll that contains at least 20 SU in common with the MT. Following this table is a
list of variant readings between any scroll as compared with the MT regardless of the
amount of overlapping text preserved.^762 The discussion of the variants will refer mainly
to those scrolls preserving at least 50 SU in parallel with the MT. Variant readings in the
scrolls that have less parallel SU preserved may be referred to periodically, but will not
be made to bear any of the statistical argument put forward regarding the type and fre-
quency of the variants.
762
There is a total of 1,089 orthographic variants between the MT and the Torah scrolls from the western
shore of the Dead Sea. While all of these variants were assessed and tallied in the data collection process,
the representation in the present study of an exhaustive list of variants was considered too cumbersome, and
so it was decided to eliminate orthographic variants from the list. The number of orthographic variants be-
tween each source and the MT has been given in the table. There will also be some minor comment on or-
thographic variants in the discussion that follows the list.