Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
The Oxford Handbook of the Septuagint
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2021) 709-721
Keywords:
Bible. Septuagint
;
Criticism, Textual
;
Dead Sea scrolls Criticism, Textual
Abstract:
Once upon a time, the task of defining ‘textual criticism’, its aims and methods, was relatively straightforward. The ‘modern’ idea of unilateral rational criticism was confident of reconstructing unambiguously the development of the biblical text back to its single point of origin. However, increasing factual evidence and developing insight have brought us today to a much more complicated situation. Within this context, the role that the Septuagint plays within the process of textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible has also undeniably changed. This chapter first describes how textual ‘facts’ have changed our understanding of the development of the biblical textual material and how they have changed our view and perception of the discipline of textual criticism itself. Thereafter, it will focus on the role that the Septuagint has played within this changing panorama and illustrate this altered significance of the Septuagint on the basis of a concrete textual example.
DOI:
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199665716.013.43
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