ISBN:
9789042933804
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9042933801
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
vi, 381 pages :
,
illustrations ;
,
23 cm.
Erscheinungsjahr:
2017
Serie:
Contributions to biblical exegesis & theology ; 84
Serie:
Contributions to biblical exegesis and theology ;
Kurzfassung:
Documented evidence has shown that the Hebrew Bible was edited by successive scribes for centuries, and the impact of editing on the resulting text has proven to be crucial. A better understanding of any issue in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Israel requires a deep understanding of the editorial processes. As a consequence, the editorial processes of the Hebrew Bible have come to the fore in the most recent scholarly debates. Nevertheless, editorial processes in the Hebrew Bible are still poorly understood and a methodological overview is lacking. It is apparent that collaboration between scholars of different fields is needed, and a methodological discussion that takes into account all the editorial techniques witnessed by documented evidence in the Hebrew scriptures and the rest of the ancient Near East is required. This book is a step in this direction. Contributions in this volume by leading scholars approach the issue from various perspectives, including methodology, textual criticism, redaction criticism, Dead Sea Scrolls, Assyriology, and Egyptology.
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Insights into editing in the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East -- What is editing? What is an edition? Towards a taxonomy for Late Second Temple Jewish literature -- Empirical evidence for scribal and editorial transmission of Second Temple religious literature -- Interpreting the Pentateuch through scribal processes: the evidence from the Qumran manuscripts -- Insights into editing from Mesopotamian literature: mirror or mirage? -- The phenomenon of "textual coherence" in Egyptian and Israelite Wisdom Literature -- The Flood from ancient Mesopotamia to Qumran: transformations in a literary chain of tradition -- The burden of proof: the challenges in explaining the redactional evidence of the Treatise on the two spirits -- Nahash, King of the Ammonites, in the Deuteronomistic history -- 2 Sam 21-24: haphazard miscellany or deliberate revision? -- The history of the biblical text: the case of the Book of Joshua -- Empirical evidence and its limits: the use of the Septuagint in retracing the redaction history of the Hebrew Bible -- From the Greek recensions to the Hebrew editions: a sample from 1 Kgs 2:1-10 -- A semi-empirical example for the final touches to a biblical book: the Masoretic Sondergut of the Book of Jeremiah.
Anmerkung:
International conference proceedings.
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