Editing the Bible : assessing the task past and present / edited by John S. Kloppenborg and Judith H. Newman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kloppenborg, John S., 1951-

Newman, Judith H. (Judith Hood), 1961-

Series:

Resources for biblical study ; no. 69.

Society of Biblical Literature resources for biblical study ; no. 69

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Criticism, Redaction--History.

Bible.

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History.

Physical Description:

xi, 225 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Bible is likely the most-edited book in history, yet the task of editing the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts of the Bible is fraught with difficulties. The dearth of Hebrew manuscripts of the Jewish Scriptures and the substantial differences among those witnesses creates difficulties in determining which text ought to be printed as the text of the Jewish Scriptures. For the New Testament, it is not the dearth of manuscripts but the overwhelming number of manuscripts almost six thousand Greek manuscripts and many more in other languages that presents challenges for sorting and analyzing such a large, multivariant data set. This volume, representing experts in the editing of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, discusses both current achievements and future challenges in creating modern editions of the biblical texts in their original languages. The contributors are Kristin De Troyer, Michael W. Holmes, John S. Kloppenborg, Sarianna Metso, Judith H. Newman, Holger Strutwolf, Eibert Tigchelaar, David Trobisch, Eugene Ulrich, John Van Seters, Klaus Wachtel, and Ryan Wettlaufer."

Contents:

Editing the Bible : assessing the task past and present / John S. Kloppenborg and Judith H. Newman

The genealogy of the Biblical editor / John Van Seters

The evolutionary composition of the Hebrew Bible / Eugene Ulrich

Editing the Hebrew Bible : an overview of some problems / Eibert Tigchelaar

Evidence from the Qumran scrolls for the scribal transmission of Leviticus / Sarianna Metso

Greek papyri and the texts of the Hebrew Bible / Kristin De Troyer

What text is being edited? : the editing of the New Testament / Michael W. Holmes

The coherence-based genealogical method : a new way to reconstruct the text of the Greek New Testament / Klaus Wachtel

Scribal practices and the transmission of Biblical texts : new insights from the coherence-based genealogical method / Holger Strutwolf

The New Testament in the light of book publishing in antiquity / David Trobisch

Unseen variants : conjectural emendation and the New Testament / Ryan Wettlaufer.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-212) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-97828-8

1-58983-649-9

OCLC:

815382815

Publisher Number:

2027/heb31350 hdl