Correcting the Record: Dr. Diana Al-Rashed’s Digital Revisions of Syriac and Judeo-Arabic Manuscripts Spark Methodological Debate
A quiet but profound methodological shift is unfolding within the traditionally conservative field of Semitic philology. For generations, scholars working with Syriac, Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew, and related manuscript traditions have depended on painstaking transcription, cataloging, and peer-reviewed publication. Digital technologies, however, are beginning to transform not only how these manuscripts are accessed but also how errors…