
Textual History of the Bible Vol. 2B
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 25. October 2019
Book
Hardback
576 pages
978-90-04-35561-3 (ISBN)
Description
Volume 2 of the Textual History of the Bible is devoted to the deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament: all books outside the Hebrew Bible that were considered canonical or 'useful for reading' by a church at some point. Earlier studies of the textual histories of these books focused largely on what were considered the most important textual witnesses, mostly in Greek, Latin and possibly in Armenian and Syriac, with the goal of recovering the 'original' text of the book in question. Volume 2 breaks significant new ground in this regard. Rather than focusing on a small group of languages only, the goal has been to be exhaustive and to survey all known textual witnesses of all deuterocanonical books, paying particular attention to the manuscript traditions. Rather than viewing these language traditions merely as a way of reaching back to the alleged 'original' text, this volume takes language traditions seriously in its own right.
This new approach to the old texts requires the detailed knowledge of many experts, scholars with intimate knowledge of the language traditions and the manuscripts.
Volume 2B is devoted to the deuterocanonical books themselves. The chapters on each book begin with an overview article, followed by individual entries on each of the known language traditions in which the book is attested up to the tenth century C.E.
This new approach to the old texts requires the detailed knowledge of many experts, scholars with intimate knowledge of the language traditions and the manuscripts.
Volume 2B is devoted to the deuterocanonical books themselves. The chapters on each book begin with an overview article, followed by individual entries on each of the known language traditions in which the book is attested up to the tenth century C.E.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 267 mm
Width: 193 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
1451 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-35561-3 (9789004355613)
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Frank Feder | Matthias Henze
Textual History of the Bible Vol. 2 (2A, 2B, 2C)
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11/2020
Brill
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