Overview
Ronald S. Hendel offers a careful and thorough re examination of the text of Genesis 1 11. He takes a strongly positive position on the value of the Septuagint as a reliable translation of its Hebrew parent text. This position is contrary to that taken in most existing studies of the text of Genesis, including some in standard editions and reference works. Nevertheless, Hendel shows, there is an accumulating mass of evidence indicating that his position is correct. Hendel begins with a discussion of theory and method, and points out the lessons to be learned from the new biblical manuscripts discovered at Qumran. He goes on to argue for the preparation of eclectic critical editions of books of the Hebrew Bible a task long pursued in Classical, New Testament, and Septuagint studies, but still highly controversial with respect to the Hebrew scriptures. The critical edition of Genesis 1 11 which follows is Hendel's first step toward such a comprehensive task.
Full Product Details
Author: Ronald S. Hendel (Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Southern Methodist University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 16.00cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 23.60cm
Weight: 0.499kg
ISBN: 9780195119619
ISBN 10: 0195119614
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 20 August 1998
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.
Reviews
Hendel lucidly and sharply discusses general principles of textual criticism, in dialogue with the specialists, and applies these principles to the establishing of an 'eclectic' critical text of Genesis 1-11. There are many delightful nuggets. In many ways the book is a model which students learning textual criticism could profitably work with. R.W.L. Moberly, Journal of Theological Studies, Vol.51 No.1
"""Those interested in text-critical questions will find this study a fine resource.""--The Bible Today ""Hendel's work must be commended not only for its thorough presentation of the raw data, but even more so for the method it illustrates....The reviewer wishes that all those writing commentaries on biblical books would provide such a critical edition of the text as a basis for their exegetical work.""--Bibliotheca Sacra ""This is an amazing book, well versed in the tools of textual criticism, and redefining the possibilities to which the textual critic aspires. It will be helpful to scholars who are working on text critical issues, because Hendel's methods are sound and used with precision. This book is a learning tool in and of itself....its place in the field will stand for years to come.""--The Catholic Biblical Quarterly ""Those interested in text-critical questions will find this study a fine resource.""--The Bible Today"
Hendel lucidly and sharply discusses general principles of textual criticism, in dialogue with the specialists, and applies these principles to the establishing of an 'eclectic' critical text of Genesis 1-11. There are many delightful nuggets. In many ways the book is a model which students learning textual criticism could profitably work with. * R.W.L. Moberly, Journal of Theological Studies, Vol.51 No.1 *
Those interested in text-critical questions will find this study a fine resource. --The Bible Today
Those interested in text-critical questions will find this study a fine resource. --The Bible Today<br>
