| Textual History of the Bible Vol. 2 (2a, 2b, 2c) Contributor(s): Feder, Frank, Henze, Matthias |
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ISBN: 9004395512 ISBN-13: 9789004395510 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $686.85 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament |
| Series: Textual History of the Bible |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: THB 2 is breaking new ground in multiple areas: - Covers all the known textual versions and translations of each deuterocanonical book, whose origins reach back to the tenth century C.E. or earlier. - A comprehensive treatments of the canonical and the textual histories of the deuterocanonical texts in the diverse language traditions. - Detailed descriptions of the manuscripts; it also included for the first time lists of manuscripts that include deuterocanonical writings in Ethiopic, Armenian and Georgian - Discusses the text-critical value and the history of research of each version - Makes interrelations and dependent transmission histories between biblical versions transparent in a comprehensive way for example, between the Syriac, Coptic, Arabic and Ethiopic versions, not coicidentally all anti-Chalcedonian Churches 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. 2A covers the canonical histories and the textual histories of the deuterocanonical texts in the diverse language traditions. 2B and 2C are devoted to the deuterocanonical books themselves. The chapters on each book begin with an overview article, titled 'Textual History of ...'. This introductory overview is followed by individual entries on each of the known language traditions in which the book is attested, roughly up to the tenth centry C.E. |