The Oxford Handbook of Textual Criticism of the Bible / edited by Sidnie White Crawford and Tommy Wasserman

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crawford, Sidnie White

Contributor:

Wasserman, Tommy.

Series:

Oxford Handbooks Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Criticism, Textual--History--21st century.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1013 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2025.

Summary:

Oxford Handbook of the Textual Criticism of the Bible provides an overview of the disciplines of textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament as practiced in the twenty-first century. This volume first explores overarching issues like the formation of the Jewish and Christian canons; philosophical presuppositions in the methods and goals of textual criticism; the complex relationship between literary criticism and textual criticism; and how related fields of Book History, New/Material Philology, and paratextual criticism pose challenges and enrich traditional biblical textual criticism. Notably, this handbook features two chapters devoted to the teaching of textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament, respectively.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables

Figures

Tables

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Contributors

Introduction

Part I Overarching Issues

Chapter 1 The Formation of the Jewish Canon

1.1 Definition

1.2 Talmudic Evidence for a Canon of Scripture

1.3 Earlier Information

1.3.1 The Hebrew Bible

1.3.1.1 2 Kings 22-23

1.3.1.2 Nehemiah 8

1.3.1.3 Daniel 9

1.3.2 Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books

1.3.2.1 The Wisdom of Ben Sira

1.3.2.2 Tobit

1.3.2.3 1-2 Maccabees

1.3.2.4 Baruch

1.3.3 The Dead Sea Scrolls

1.3.4 Philo

1.3.5 New Testament

1.3.6 Josephus

1.3.7 4 Ezra

1.3.8 Mishnah

Chapter 2 The Formation of the Christian Canon

2.1 Introduction

2.1.1 Evidence

2.1.1.1 Canon Lists

2.1.1.2 Early Notices

2.1.1.3 Manuscripts

2.1.1.4 Citations

2.1.2 Ancient Categories for Religious Literature

2.1.2.1 Canonical Books

2.1.2.2 Apocryphal Books

2.1.2.3 Readable Books

2.1.3 Summary

2.2 Old Testament

2.2.1 Models of Canon Formation

2.2.1.1 Alexandrian Canon Hypothesis

2.2.1.2 Hebrew Canon Forms the Old Testament

2.2.1.3 Church Accepts Old Testament

2.2.2 Synthesis

2.2.3 Regional Canonical Reception

2.2.4 Conclusion

2.3 New Testament

2.3.1 Subcollections

2.3.1.1 Fourfold Gospel

2.3.1.2 Acts

2.3.1.3 Catholic Epistles

2.3.1.4 Pauline Epistles

2.3.1.5 Revelation

2.3.2 Antilegomena, Apocrypha, and Canon Closure

Chapter 3 Philosophies of Textual Criticism for the Hebrew Bible

3.1 Realism, Nominalism, and the Type-Token Relationship

3.2 Managing Variants and Inference to the Best Explanation

3.3 Genealogy

3.4 Pristine Texts

3.5 Material Philology

3.6 Postmodern Philology

3.7 Conclusions.

Chapter 4 Beyond "Textual" and "Literary" Criticism: A New Paradigm for the Study of Textual History

4.1 Traditional Aims and Scope of Textual Criticism

4.2 Problems (Old and New)

4.2.1 Pre-Qumran

4.2.2 Post-Qumran Developments

4.3 Implications

4.3.1 Editions and Translations

4.3.2 Commentaries and Other Exegetical Studies (Traditional "Literary Criticism")

4.4 Conclusion

Chapter 5 Philosophies of Textual Criticism for the New Testament

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Approaches to Editing

5.2.1 A Diplomatic Approach

5.2.2 A Genealogical Approach

5.2.3 An Eclectic Approach

5.3 The Eclectic Approach: Assessing External and Internal Evidence

5.4 Varieties of Eclecticism

5.5 Eclecticism and the History of the Text

5.5.1 Thoroughgoing Eclecticism

5.5.2 "Reasoned Transmissionalism"

5.5.3 Reasoned Eclecticism

5.5.4 Summary: Views of the History of the Text

5.6 Eclecticism and the Goal of New Testament Textual Criticism

5.6.1 The Ambiguity of the Phrase "Original Text"

5.6.2 Alternative Definitions of the Goal

5.6.3 Methodological Significance

5.6.4 Textual History Vis-À-Vis Composition History

5.7 Conclusion

Chapter 6 Book History, New/Material Philology, and Paratextual Criticism

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Editorial Theory and a Turn to Materiality

6.3 Book History

6.4 New/Material Philology

6.5 Paratextual Criticism

6.5.1 Synchronic Paratextual Criticism

Example 1: Synchronic Focus

6.5.2 Diachronic Paratextual Criticism

Example 2: Diachronic Focus

6.6 Exploring Ancient Texts and Artifacts: Book History, New/Material Philology, and Paratextual Criticism

Chapter 12 The Syriac Peshitta and Its Value for Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible

12.1 Introduction and General Description

12.2 Date, Provenance, and Religious Background of the Translation.

12.3 Translation Techniques, Textual Affiliations, and Hebrew Vorlage(n)

12.3.1 S Genesis

12.3.2 S Twelve

12.3.3 S Psalms

12.3.4 Ketiv/Qere

12.4 Use of the Peshitta in Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible

12.4.1 A Note On Using the Peshitta Institute's Editions

12.4.2 A Note On English Translations

Chapter 13 The Latin Versions and Their Value for Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible

13.1 Introduction

13.2 The Old Latin

13.2.1 Context of the Translation and Its Transmission

13.2.2 Dating and Vorlage

13.2.3 Translation Technique and Attestation

13.2.4 The Old Latin Version and Its Vorlage

13.2.5 Conclusion

13.3 The Vulgate

13.3.1 Context of the Translation and Its Transmission

13.3.2 Jerome's Translation Philosophy and Technique

13.3.3 The Vulgate and Its Vorlage

13.3.4 Evidence of Other Versions in the Vulgate: Translation and Exegesis

13.3.5 Conclusion

Chapter 14 The Targumim and Their Value for Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible

14.1 Introduction

14.1.1 Definition of Targumim

14.1.2 Targumim of the Torah

14.1.2.1 Targum Onqelos

14.1.2.2 The Palestinian Targum Tradition

14.1.2.3 Targum Pseudo-Jonathan

14.1.3 Targum of the Prophets

14.1.4 Targumim of the Writings

14.2 Targumim as Textual Witnesses of the Hebrew Bible

14.2.1 The Targumim as Accompaniment to the Masoretic Text

14.2.2 Targumim as Textual Witnesses

14.3 Sperber's Categories of Textual and Phonetic Phenomena

14.4 Variants Contra MT

14.5 Nature of Variants in the Targumim

Chapter 15 Editing the Hebrew Bible: Biblia Hebraica Quinta

15.1 The Biblia Hebraica: From BHS to BHQ

15.2 Aim and Principles

15.3 A Sample Page From BHQ

15.4 Characteristics of BHQ

15.4.1 Text

15.4.2 Masorah

15.4.3 Critical Apparatus

15.5 Conclusion.

Chapter 16 Editing the Hebrew Bible: The Hebrew University Bible Project

16.1 Overview

16.2 Sample Page

16.3 The Base Text and Masora

16.4 Textual Apparatuses

16.4.1 Apparatus I: The Ancient Versions

16.4.1.1 Sample Page-Apparatus I

16.4.2 Apparatus II: Ancient Hebrew Evidence

16.4.2.1 Dead Sea Scrolls

16.4.2.2 Biblical Quotations in Rabbinic Literature

16.4.2.3 Sample Page-Apparatus II

16.4.3 Apparatus III: Medieval Bible Manuscripts

16.4.3.1 Sample Page-Apparatus III

16.4.4 Apparatus IV: Orthography, Vowels, and Accents

16.4.4.1 Sample Page-Apparatus IV

Chapter 17 Editing the Hebrew Bible: The Hebrew Bible: A Critical Edition

17.1 Introduction

17.2 The Design of the Critical Text

17.3 The Apparatus and Text-Critical Commentary

17.4 Conclusion

Chapter 18 Teaching Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible

18.1 Teaching Textual Criticism in Various Contexts

18.2 Possible Approaches

18.2.1 Case Studies

18.2.2 Methodologies

18.2.2.1 Crucial Theoretical Underpinnings

18.2.2.2 Orality, Rewriting, and Translation

18.2.2.3 Conceiving of and Presenting the Text of the Hebrew Bible

18.2.2.4 Further Methodological and Theoretical Issues

18.3 Conclusion

Chapter 19 The Theory and Practice of Textual Criticism of the Septuagint

19.1 The Septuagint Translation

19.2 Recensions Or Revisions of the Septuagint

19.3 Editions of the Septuagint

19.4 Text-Critical Principles

19.4.1 Lagarde's Canons

19.4.2 Translation Technique and Textual Criticism

19.4.3 Questions for the Future

19.5 Practice of Textual Criticism of the Septuagint

19.5.1 Manuscripts

19.5.2 Collations

19.5.3 Tools

19.5.4 Critical Apparatus

19.5.5 Using a Critical (Eclectic) Edition

Chapter 20 The Practice of Hebrew Bible Textual Criticism in the Twenty-First Century.

20.1 Introduction

20.2 Databases and Quantitative Codicology

20.3 Material Sciences

20.3.1 Radiocarbon Dating

20.3.2 Material Analysis of Inks and Substrates

20.3.3 DNA Analysis

20.4 Digital Imagery

20.4.1 Democratization of Access

20.4.2 Improved Imaging Quality and Techniques

20.4.3 New Opportunities

20.5 Computational Tools for Manuscript Studies

20.6 Electronic Texts and Editions

20.7 Digital Workspaces and Workflows for Textual Criticism

20.8 Publishing and Intellectual Property Rights

20.9 Conclusion

Chapter 21 Issues in the Textual Criticism of the Deuterocanon

21.1 Introduction

21.2 Individual Books of the Common Deuterocanon

21.2.1 Tobit

21.2.2 Judith

21.2.3 Additions to Esther

21.2.4 Wisdom of Solomon

21.2.5 The Wisdom of Ben Sira, Sirach, Or Ecclesiasticus

21.2.6 Baruch

21.2.7 The Letter Or Epistle of Jeremiah

21.2.8 Additions to Daniel: Prayer of Azariah and the Three Young Men, Susannah, Bel and the Dragon

21.2.8.1 Susanna

21.2.8.2 The Prayer of Azariah and the Three Young Men

21.2.8.3 Bel and the Dragon

21.2.9 First Maccabees

21.2.10 Second Maccabees

21.3 Other Books Often Included in the Deuterocanon

21.3.1 First Esdras (= 3 Ezra)

21.3.2 Prayer of Manasseh

21.3.3 Psalm 151

21.3.4 Third Maccabees

21.4 Texts Found in Appendices to the Greek, Slavonic, Or Latin Bibles

21.4.1 Second Esdras (= 5-4-6 Ezra)

21.4.1.1 Fifth Ezra

21.4.1.2 Fourth Ezra

21.4.1.3 Sixth Ezra

21.4.2 Fourth Maccabees

Part II The Hebrew Bible and the Deuterocanon

Chapter 7 The History of Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible From Antiquity to the Twentieth Century

7.1 Introduction

7.1.1 The Nature of the Hebrew Bible Text

7.1.2 The Goal of Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible

7.2 The History of Textual Criticism.

7.2.1 Textual Criticism From Antiquity to the Renaissance.

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ISBN:

0-19-758133-1

0-19-758212-5

0-19-758132-3

9780197581322

OCLC:

1545352292