Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible, Qumran, Septuagint: Collected Essays (2015 Tov), book

Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible, Qumran, Septuagint: Collected Essays (2015) is a book by Emanuel Tov.

Abstract

"Thirty-three revised and updated essays on the textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible, Qumran and the Septuagint, originally published between 2008 and 2014 are presented in this volume, the third volume of the author’s collected writings."--Publisher description.

Editions and translations

Published in Leiden: Brill, 2015 (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, 167).

Contents

Part 1. Textual criticism. Reflections on the many forms of Hebrew scripture in light of the LXX and 4Qreworked Pentateuch -- The coincidental textual nature of the collections of ancient scriptures -- Some reflections on consistency in the activity of scribes and translators -- From 4Qreworked Pentateuch to 4QPentateuch (?) -- Some thoughts about the diffusion of biblical manuscripts in antiquity -- The Aramaic, Syriac, and Latin translations of Hebrew scripture vis-à-vis the Masoretic text -- Computer-assisted tools for textual criticism -- The chapter and section divisions in Esther -- Eclectic text editions of Hebrew scripture -- The literary development of the book of Joshua as reflected in the Masoretic text, the LXX and 4QJosh[superscript a] -- The scribal and textual transmission of the Torah analyzed in light of its sanctity -- Textual harmonization in the stories of the patriarchs -- Hebrew lexicography and textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible in light of Gesenius' dictionary -- Textual criticism of Hebrew scripture and scripture-like texts -- The genealogical lists in Genesis 5 and 11 in three different versions -- The textual development of the Torah -- A new edition of the Samaritan Pentateuch -- Review of Biblia Hebraica Quinta, vol. 7, Judges -- Part 2. Qumran. The sciences and the analysis of the ancient scrolls: possibilities and impossibilities -- Some thoughts at the close of the Discoveries of the Judaean Desert publication project -- A didactic approach to the biblical Dead Sea scrolls -- The Dead Sea scrolls and the textual history of the Masoretic Bible -- The background of the stichometric arrangements of poetry in the Judean desert scrolls -- Israeli scholarship on the biblical texts from the Judean desert [2011] -- The Qumran Hebrew texts and the Septuagint: an overview -- Scribal features of two Qumran scrolls -- The Samaritan Pentateuch and the Dead Sea scrolls: the proximity of the pre-Samaritan Qumran scrolls to the SP -- Part 3. Septuagint. Personal names in the Septuagint of Isaiah -- Reflections on the Septuagint with special attention paid to the post-Pentateuchal translations -- The Septuagint between Judaism and Christianity -- The harmonizing character of the Septuagint of Genesis 1-11 -- Genesis 49 in the Septuagint: trial and error -- The Septuagint translation of Genesis as the first scripture translation.