By Emanuel Tov
This guide offers a pragmatic consultant for the coed and pupil alike who needs to exploit the Septuagint (LXX) within the text-critical research of the Hebrew Bible. It doesn't function one other theoretical advent to the LXX, however it offers the entire sensible historical past details wanted for the mixing of the LXX in bible study. The LXX, including the Masoretic textual content and a number of other Qumran scrolls, continues to be the main major resource of data for the learn of historic Scripture, however it is written in Greek, and plenty of technical information must be considered while utilizing this instrument. accordingly, a pragmatic guide similar to this can be wanted for the combination of the Greek translation within the examine of the Hebrew Bible.
The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research is predicated on a lot heritage info, instinct and event, transparent considering, and an outstanding description of the strategies undefined. the writer offers his guide after part a century of analysis of the Septuagint, 4 a long time of specialised instructing event, and involvement in numerous learn initiatives targeting the relation among the Hebrew and Greek Bibles.
The first variations of this instruction manual, released through Simor of Jerusalem (Jerusalem religious study three [1981] and eight [1997]), acquired a lot compliment yet were out of print for a substantial interval. This, the 3rd, version offers a very revised model of the former variations in line with the various advancements that happened within the research of the Septuagint, the Hebrew Bible and the Qumran Scrolls. a lot new info has additionally been additional.
Eisenbrauns has been interested by the promoting of the former variants and is proud to provide now its personal thoroughly novel version. A needs to for college students of the Hebrew Bible, textual feedback, the Septuagint and the opposite historical translations, lifeless Sea Scrolls, and Jewish Hellenism.
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And they buried him) in Ramah and in his city ἐν Αρμαθαιμ ἐν πόλει αὐτοῦ in Armathaim, in his city The use of the waw in ובעירוis not readily understandable. 9 3. A excursus 3). 10 This term applies to both single words and the reconstructed text as a whole. C. The reconstruction of individual elements in the original text of the LXX There has been a great deal of scholarly discussion about the reconstruction of the original text of the LXX. More attention has been paid to the theoretical aspects of this issue than to its practical application, that is, the actual reconstruction of the original text.
R. Busto Saiz, El texto antioqueno de la Biblia griega, I, 1–2 Samuel; II, 1–2 Reyes, Textos y Estudios “Cardenal Cisneros” 50, 53 (Madrid, 1989, 1992) and B. Taylor, The Lucianic Manuscripts of 1 Reigns, 1–2, HSM 50, 51 (Atlanta, GA, 1992, 1993), but those reconstructions, too, have their limitations. Moreover, the assumed existence of a revision by Hesychius must probably be abandoned for lack of evidence. Therefore, de Lagarde’s outline cannot be followed. , the assumption of an Urtext that may be reconstructed, nevertheless remains methodologically correct.
M. Cross, “Problems of Method in the Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible” in: O’Flaherty (see below), pp. H. Goshen-Gottstein, “The Textual Criticism of the Old Testament: Rise, Decline, Rebirth”, JBL 102 (1983), pp. 365–399; A. Jepsen, “Von den Aufgaben der alttestamentlichen Textkritik”, VTSup 9 (1962), pp. J. Kenney, “History, Textual Criticism”, The New EncBrit, Macropaedia, vol. 676–685; R. D. P. Postgate, “Textual Criticism”, EncBrit, vol. A. 886–891; J. H. Tur-Sinai, Bʾylw drkym wbʾyzw mydh nwkl lhgyʿ lnwshm hmqwry šl ktby hqdš, Proceedings of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, vol.