The Origin of the Ketib/Qere in the Aramaic Portions of Ezra and Daniel

Abstract

In their article Ketib/Qere in Aramaic portions of Ezra and Daniel, VT 36 (1986), pp. 406-22, W. S. Morrow and E. G. Clarke examine ketib/qere in Aramaic passages of Ezra and Daniel and conclude that the reading tradition for BA [Biblical Aramaic] most probably reflects a dialect of Aramaic spoken in Palestine some time between 200-600 C.E. (p. 422). The authors base their conclusion on evidence culled from Palestinian