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Re: wasting our time
Ian,
If you *must* have everything on line, try this URL for a list of
standard abbreviations:
http://scholar.cc.emory.edu/scripts/SBL/INSTR.HTM?abbreviations.
CD, however, is quite intuitive. It refers to the *Cairo* Genizah text
of the *Damascus* Document. As such it is consistent with the
abbreviation conventions for the Scrolls in beginning with an indication
of the source of the scroll. It seems to me that if you are as serious
as you appear to be about scholarship on the DSS, you need to find a way
of making the appropriate investment in the scholarly background, which
includes access to libraries, books, and perhaps even a graduate program
in the field, before you start ragging on scholars about how they spend
their internet time. Orion is intended as a means of scholarly
communication, not DSS 101.
David Suter
SMC