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Many scrolls were found (in Qumran?) depicting a regular Hebrew scripture text with the Holy name written in paleo-Hebrew (כתב עברי), like this one:

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What Talmudic explanation fits these findings, if this sort of writing is mentioned and what school is it associated with??

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    While we can speculate, there's no particular reason to expect a Talmudic ruling to fit these findings. The authors weren't followers of Rabbinic Judiasm.
    – Double AA ♦
    Aug 21, 2019 at 12:13
  • @DoubleAA Sorry, I didn't mean ruling, I meant if this sort of writing is mentioned and what school is it associated with?
    – Al Berko
    Aug 21, 2019 at 12:26
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    I once read an article (in Kulmus, I think) that they did this to prevent the scrolls from causing טומאת ידים since now it wasn't the real text. Or something along those lines.
    – Danny Schoemann
    Aug 21, 2019 at 13:09
  • @DannySchoemann Oh, interesting, does it follow that the name in P.H is not sacred?
    – Al Berko
    Aug 21, 2019 at 13:15
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    @DannySchoemann Logically the two basic options are either they did it to prevent holiness of the name (because they thought only Ashuri counts) or to instill holiness in the name (because they thought only Ivri counts). There's no real way to know which. Nothing to do with Tumat Yadayim though, since the Mishna already says the non-Perusim made fun of that (yadayim 4:6)
    – Double AA ♦
    Aug 21, 2019 at 14:17

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