Chronology and Recensional Development in the Greek Text of Kings / James Donald Shenkel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shenkel, James Donald, author.

Series:

Harvard Semitic Monographs

Harvard Semitic Monographs ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bibel.

Chronologie.

Griekse handschriften.

Koningen (bijbelboeken).

Samuël (bijbelboeken).

Bible. Kings--Versions.

Bible. Kings. Greek--Criticism, Textual.

RELIGION / General.

Local Subjects:

Bible. Kings--Versions.

Bible. Kings. Greek--Criticism, Textual.

RELIGION / General.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This first volume in the Harvard Semitic Monographs series challenges many of the standard positions that have long been held concerning the Greek and Hebrew texts of the Books of Kings. The author's personal examination of the Qumran Hebrew manuscripts, published and unpublished, has led to a new understanding of the recensional development of the Greek text. His study contributes significantly to the methodology of modern textual criticism and the evaluation of historical sources in the Old Testament. Examining the parallel development of the Greek text and the Hebrew, the author attributes the chronological discrepancy between the oldest Greek text forms and the Masoretic text to a change from the chronological system found in the Hebrew Vorlagen of the Old Greek and proto-Lucian texts to the newer system of the Masoretic text. The greatest difference between the two systems is found in the period from Omri to Jehu, where the pattern of regional formulae is worked into the narratives concerning Elijah and Elisha. The author concludes that the reason for the change to the newer Masoretic system was the desire to be able, from a chronological viewpoint, to identify Jehoshaphat as the King of Judah in the narrative of the Moabite campaign, an identification that was not possible in the older Greek chronology.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I. Recensional Development in the Greek Text of Samuel and Kings

CHAPTER II. Chronologies in the Books of Kings

CHAPTER III. The Regnal Formula of Jehoshaphat

CHAPTER IV. The Reigns from Ahab to Ahaziah (J)

CHAPTER V. The Chronology of the Prophetic Narratives

CONCLUSION

APPENDIX A.

APPENDIX Β.

Notes to Introduction

Notes to Chapter I.

Notes to Chapter II.

Notes to Chapter III.

Notes to Chapter IV.

Notes to Chapter V.

Notes to Appendix A.

Bibliography

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

0-674-43332-7

OCLC:

1013960770