This contribution focuses on fragment 2 of 2QRuthb, which attests several difficulties from a material, palaeographic, and textual perspective. The analysis proposes a hypothesis regarding its composition and the identification of the text. This fragment may be considered a textual witness of Ruth 3:10–11 and it attests a textual variant, which agrees with the Septuagint, against the Masoretic Text.
Bonanno, B. (2023). Frg. 2 of 2QRuthb. A Hypothesis regarding Its Composition and the Identification of Its Text. Textus : A Journal on Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible, 32, 56-65. https://doi.org/10.1163/2589255X-bja10031 (Original work published 2023)