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The Hebrew Bible / edited by Armin Lange, Emanuel Tov.
Van Pelt Library BS1136 .H43 2016 v.1A-1C
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Textual history of the Bible ; v. 1.
- Textual history of the Bible ; volume 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, Textual.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Criticism, Textual.
- Bible--Criticism, Textual--History.
- Bible--Versions--History.
- Bible--Criticism, Textual.
- Local Subjects:
- Bible--Criticism, Textual--History.
- Bible--Versions--History.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 3 volumes ; 27 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016-2017.
- Summary:
- "The Textual History of the Bible (THB) brings together for the first time all available information regarding the manuscripts, textual history and character of each book of the Hebrew Bible and its translations as well as the deuterocanonical scriptures. In addition, THB covers the history of research, the editorial history of the Hebrew Bible, as well as other aspects of text-critical research and its subsidiary fields, such as papyrology, codicology, and the related discipline of linguistics. Volume 1 [in three physical volumes: 1A, 1B, and 1C] covers the books of the Hebrew canon. It comprises a series of overview articles (vol. 1A) as well as detailed entries on the primary and secondary translations of the biblical text (vol. 1B and 1C). Volume 1C concludes with a series of articles on the biblical text as attested in the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, Josephus, Philo, Rabbinic Literature, the New Testament, and early Christian literature."-- Provided by publisher.
- The 'Textual History of the Bible (THB)' brings together all available information regarding the manuscripts, textual history and character of each book of the Hebrew Bible and its translations as well as the deuterocanonical scriptures. In addition, THB covers the history of research, the editorial history of the Hebrew Bible, as well as other aspects of text-critical research and its subsidiary fields, such as papyrology, codicology, and the related discipline of linguistics. The THB will consist of 4 volumes. Volume 1C provides detailed entries on the on the different primary translations (Greek, Aramaic, Syriac, Latin) and uniquely the secondary translations as well (Latin, Coptic, Ethiopic, Syriac, Armenian, Georgian, Christian Palestinian Aramaic, Old Slavonic, and Arabic) most of which were sourced from the Greek. The THB 1 print volumes will comprise a total of 353 articles, approximately 2,000 pages, presented in three volumes. For each textual version 15 area editors, who are highly recognized specialists in their field, have invited contributions from 120 authors.
- Contents:
- Volume 1A. Overview articles
- volume 1B. Pentateuch, Former and Latter prophets
- volume 1C. Writings.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Christine Hikawa Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9789004231818
- 9004231811
- 9789004337107
- 9004337105
- 9789004337114
- 9004337113
- OCLC:
- 949912166
- Publisher Number:
- 99968707223
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