Studies in textual criticism / by Emanuel Tov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tov, Emanuel, author.

Series:

Tov, Emanuel. Collected essays ; v. 5.

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, 0083-5889 ; volume 197

Collected essays ; volume 5

Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 197.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, Textual.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Greek--Versions--Septuagint.

Bible--Criticism, Textual.

Physical Description:

xlv, 467 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]

Summary:

"Twenty-eight rewritten and updated essays on the textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible, the Septuagint, and the Dead Sea Scrolls mainly published between 2019 and 2022 are presented in the fifth volume of the author's collected essays. They are joined by an unpublished study, an unpublished "reflection" on the development of text-critical research in 1970-2020 and the author's academic memoirs. All the topics included in this volume are at the forefront of textual research"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1: Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible

The Possible Revision of Hebrew Texts according to the Masoretic Text

Textual Harmonization in Leviticus

The Tenth Commandment of the Samaritans

The Philosophy of the Biblia Hebraica Quinta Edition

The Formation of the (Proto-)Masoretic Text

Pierre-Maurice Bogaert, Le livre de Jérémie en perspective: "Introductory Remarks"

Orthographic Practices of the Biblical Texts

The Last Stage of the Literary History of the Book of Jeremiah

Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible in the Digital Age: Advantages and Disadvantages of the Use of Digital Tools

Vox Clamantis in Deserto: The History of the Interpretation and Misinterpretation of Isaiah 40:3

Copying the Torah: From the Time of the Judean Desert Scrolls to Modern Times

Part 2: The Septuagint

From a Popular Jewish LXX-SP Text Block to Separate Group Texts: Insights from the Dead Sea Scrolls

The Textual Value of the Septuagint Version of the Minor Prophets

The Interaction Between Theological and Text-Critical Approaches

The Renderings of the Divine Names in the Greek Torah

The Use of the Earliest Greek Scripture Fragments in Text Editions

The Palestinian Source of the Greek Translation of the Torah

Papyrus Nash and the Septuagint

Different Textual Traditions about Sheshonq-Shishak in the Hebrew and Greek Bible

The Use of the Septuagint in Critical Commentaries

P.Vindob.G. 39777 (Symmachus) and the Use of the Divine Names in Greek Scripture Texts

The LXX Translators' Procedures in Representing Proper Names: Consistency in Representation

Part 3: The Dead Sea Scrolls

The Qumran Tefillin and Their Possible Master Copies

The Background and Origin of the Qumran Corpus of Scripture Texts

Approaches of Scribes to the Biblical Text in Ancient Israel

'Luxury Scrolls' from the Judean Desert

Part 4: Reflections

Has the Field of Textual Criticism Changed in the Past Half-Century (1970-2023)?

Some Academic Memoirs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Tov, Emanuel. Studies in textual criticism

ISBN:

9789004549357

9004549358

OCLC:

1412153306