The Great Isaiah Scroll confirms the remarkable stability of Isaiah’s Hebrew text against the Masoretic tradition.
The Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsa^a) from Qumran: Agreements and Divergences with the Masoretic Text
Inconsistent Spelling in the Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaᵃ): Orthography, Scribal Habit, and the Stability of the Hebrew Text
Spelling in 1QIsaᵃ varies widely—מואד/מאדה/מואדה, זאת/זות/זואת/זאות, ראש/רואש/ראוש/רוש—yet the wording remains stable. Orthography is not the text.
