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This collection of articles uniquely brings into scholarly dialogue the textual history and criticism of authoritative literatures from diverse cultures: they study Mesopotamian literature, the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, the Homeric epics, the Quran, and Hindu and Buddhist literatures with an interest in all matters of their textual transmission.
Contributors address questions such as: What role does textual criticism play in the study of authoritative texts in these fields? How much variation exists in these textual traditions? Can you observe processes of textual standardization? What role does the oral transmission play? How are critical editions prepared? While these questions have produced a wealth of scholarly literature for each individual field, this volume is the first to study them from a comparative perspective.
Contributors address questions such as: What role does textual criticism play in the study of authoritative texts in these fields? How much variation exists in these textual traditions? Can you observe processes of textual standardization? What role does the oral transmission play? How are critical editions prepared? While these questions have produced a wealth of scholarly literature for each individual field, this volume is the first to study them from a comparative perspective.
This collection of articles uniquely brings into scholarly dialogue the textual history and criticism of authoritative literatures from diverse cultures: they study Mesopotamian literature, the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, the Homeric epics, the Quran, and Hindu and Buddhist literatures with ...
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Karin Finsterbusch, Dr. theol. (1994), University of Heidelberg, is Professor of Old Testament Studies at the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU). She has published on the Hebrew Bible, its textual criticism, Second Temple Judaism, Early Christianity, and the text of the Septuagint and Hebrew Bible.
Russell E. Fuller, PhD (1988, Harvard University), is professor of Hebrew Bible in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego. He is a member of the international team of editors for the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Armin Lange is professor of Second Temple Judaism and Antisemitism Studies at the University of Vienna, a member of the international team editing the Dead Sea Scrolls, and a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He has published on the Hebrew Bible, its textual criticism, Second Temple Judaism, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the religious history of antisemitism.
Jason K. Driesbach, PhD (2015), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is the author of 4QSamuel and the Text of Samuel (Brill, 2016). He has also contributed to the Historical Theological Lexicon of the Septuagint, vol. 1 (Mohr Siebeck, 2020).
Russell E. Fuller, PhD (1988, Harvard University), is professor of Hebrew Bible in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego. He is a member of the international team of editors for the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Armin Lange is professor of Second Temple Judaism and Antisemitism Studies at the University of Vienna, a member of the international team editing the Dead Sea Scrolls, and a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He has published on the Hebrew Bible, its textual criticism, Second Temple Judaism, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the religious history of antisemitism.
Jason K. Driesbach, PhD (2015), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is the author of 4QSamuel and the Text of Samuel (Brill, 2016). He has also contributed to the Historical Theological Lexicon of the Septuagint, vol. 1 (Mohr Siebeck, 2020).
Karin Finsterbusch, Dr. theol. (1994), University of Heidelberg, is Professor of Old Testament Studies at the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU). She has published on the Hebrew Bible, its textual criticism, Second Temple Judaism, Early Christianity, and the text of the Septuagint and Heb...
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