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Oxford Handbook of the Textual Criticism of the Bible provides an overview of the disciplines of textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament as practiced in the twenty-first century. This volume first explores overarching issues like the formation of the Jewish and Christian canons; philosophical presuppositions in the methods and goals of textual criticism; the complex relationship between literary criticism and textual criticism; and how related fields of Book History, New/Material Philology, and paratextual criticism pose challenges and enrich traditional biblical textual criticism. Subsequently addressed is the textual criticism of the books of the Hebrew Bible, a field which has undergone a paradigm shift since the discovery of the Judean Desert scrolls. Each chapter discusses this shift in various ways, representing different philosophies of and approaches to the ways in which textual criticism can be practiced in a "post-Judean Desert texts" world. Finally, the text discusses the textual criticism of the New Testament and provides chapters concerned with the Greek manuscripts and the indirect evidence of the text in early versions and citations, as well as past and current methods for evaluating this evidence including the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method (CBGM).
Contents
List of Contributors
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction to the Volume
Sidnie White Crawford and Tommy Wasserman
Part I Introductory Articles
1. The Formation of the Jewish Canon
James C. VanderKam
2. The Formation of the Christian Canon
John D. Meade
3. Philosophies of Textual Criticism for the Hebrew Bible
Ronald Hendel
4. Beyond "Textual" and "Literary" Criticism: A New Paradigm for the Study of Textual History
Molly M. Zahn
5. Philosophies of Textual Criticism for the New Testament
Michael W. Holmes
6. Book History, New/Material Philology, and Paratextual Criticism
David Davage and Liv Ingeborg Lied
Part II The Hebrew Bible and the Deuterocanon
7. The History of Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century
Eugene Ulrich and Sidnie White Crawford
8. The Earliest Texts of the Hebrew Bible
Emanuel Tov
9. The Masoretic Text and its Value for Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible
Armin Lange
10. The Significance of the Septuagint in the Textual Study of the Hebrew Bible
Anneli Aejmelaeus
11. The Samaritan Pentateuch and its Value for Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible
Hila Dayfani
12. The Syriac Peshitta and its Value for Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible
Bradley J. Marsh, Jr.
13. The Latin Versions and their Value for Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible
Andrés Piquer Otero and Pablo A. Torijano
14. The Targumim and their Value for Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible
Leeor Gottlieb
15. Editing the Hebrew Bible: Biblia Hebraica Quinta
Innocent Himbaza
16. Editing the Hebrew Bible: The Hebrew University Bible Project
Michael Segal
17. Editing the Hebrew Bible: The Hebrew Bible: A Critical Edition
Ronald Hendel
18. Teaching Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible
John Screnock
19. The Theory and Practice of Textual Criticism of the Septuagint
Tuukka Kauhanen
20. The Practice of Hebrew Bible Textual Criticism in the Twenty-First Century
Drew Longacre
21. Issues in the Textual Criticism of the Deuterocanon
Benjamin G. Wright, III
Part III The New Testament
22. The Practice of New Testament Textual Criticism in the Twenty-First Century
H. A. G. Houghton
23. The History of New Testament Textual Criticism
Jan Krans and An-Ting Yi
24. The Dating of Early Christian Manuscripts: Paleography and Material Culture
Pasquale Orsini
25. Text-Types and the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method
Peter J. Gurry
26. The Greek New Testament Manuscripts and Other Witnesses
Elijah Hixson
27. The Syriac and Christian Palestinan Aramaic Versions of the New Testament
Andreas Juckel
28. The Latin Versions of the New Testament
Georg Gäbel
29. The Coptic Versions of the New Testament
Christian Askeland
30. The Ethiopic Version of the New Testament
Curt Niccum
31. The Gothic Version of the New Testament
Carla Falluomini
32. Patristic Evidence in New Testament Textual Criticism
Holger Strutwolf
33. Criteria for the Assessment of Readings in New Testament Textual Criticism
Tommy Wasserman
34. The New Testament Text, Paratexts and Reception History
Jennifer W. Knust
35. New Testament Textual Criticism and Exegesis
Elisabeth E. Shively
36. New Testament Textual Criticism and Digital Humanities
Claire Clivaz
37. Critical Editions of the Greek New Testament from the Twentieth to Twenty-First Century
Annette Hüffmeier and Gregory S. Paulson
38. New Testament Textual Criticism in Teaching and Practice
Amy S. Anderson
