Rewriting the Sacred TextThough most treatments of the historical development of the Hebrew Bible focus almost exclusively on Hebrew witnesses, Old Greek witnesses paint a picture of the growth of the Bible that is both fascinating and diverse. Four different patterns of development are examined and evaluated in this study: a rewritten Hebrew biblical text; a proto-Masoretic biblical text; a rewritten Greek biblical text; and a lost Hebrew Vorlage. Readers who think that the Bible was composed in Hebrew and then translated into Greek and other languages in a more or less linear fashion will be surprised to see the complex course that many biblical witnesses traveled between original composition and inclusion in the Jewish or Christian canons of Scripture. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org) |
Contents
A PreMasoretic Biblical Text The Final Touches | 29 |
A Rewritten Greek Biblical Text The Final Chapter | 59 |
A Lost Hebrew Vorlage? A Closer Look at | 91 |
Conclusions | 127 |
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Addition Alpha-Text Aramaic biblical text Bibliotheca book of Esther book of Joshua Brill build the Temple building project chapter Codex Vaticanus edition Emanuel Tov enemies Esdras Ezra Ezra-Nehemiah five kings Gilgal Göttingen Greek Bible Greek translation Haggai Haggai and Zechariah Haman Hanhart Hebrew Bible Hebrew story Hebrew text Hebrew Vorlage Hebrew/Aramaic Hexapla Ibid inserted instance interpretation Israel Jewish Jews Josephus Josiah King Artaxerxes King Darius Kristin De Troyer Leiden letter of Mordecai Leuven livre d'Esther Lucianic text Makedah manuscripts Masoretic text namely narrative Nehemiah Nickelsburg Old Greek text Old Latin Origen papyrus Passover pre-Masoretic precisely project is stopped Prophesying of Haggai Qumran reads redactional reference Rehum religious report on fight rewritten Second Temple Septuagint Septuagint text Sheshbazzar Syro-Hexapla Testament text of Esther text of Joshua Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht verb verse 15 verse 43 Vetus Latina witnesses words write Zerubabbel καὶ