The Temple Scroll, the last of the Dead Sea Scrolls found in 1967, contains two phenomena that are at variance with the Jewish tradition. Professor Jacobs presents a thorough study of ligature writing or "joined letters" and the insertion of both words and phrases between the lines of the text in The Biblical Masorah and the Temple Scroll.

Steven Leonard Jacobs is Associate Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at The University of Alabama where he holds the Aaron Aronov Chair of Judaic Studies. He has served as the Rabbi of Temple B'nai Sholom, Huntsville, AL, and taught or has taught Jewish, Holocaust [Shoah], and Biblical Studies at Calhoun Community College, Oakwood College, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS; and Martin Methodist College, Pulaski, TN. He received his B.A. [With Distinction] from the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and his B.H.L., M.A.H.L., D.H.L., and D.D. [Honoris Causa] from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati, OH. In addition to serving congregations in Steubenville, OH; Niagara Falls, NY; Dallas, TX; and Birmingham and Mobile, AL, he has taught at Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL, where he served as the Herbert P. Feibelman, Jr., Chautauqua Professor of Jewish Studies; University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, as Adjunct Professor of Religion Studies; University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham-Southern College, and Samford University, Birmingham, AL