Two Books of Ezekiel

Papyrus 967 and the Masoretic Text as Variant Literary Editions
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-20674-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 150, 372 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 765 g

Reihe: Vetus Testamentum, Supplements

Greek papyrus codex 967 (p967) manifests a different edition of Ezekiel from the Hebrew Masoretic Text (MT). This study defines and uses a "manuscript approach" to argue that p967 qualifies as a variant literary edition of Ezekiel. Methodologically, the approach is rooted in text-critical analysis, clarifies p967's textual significance, and shows that its text usually reflects the Old Greek translation and in many cases an early Hebrew edition of Ezekiel. The literary analysis of p967 and MT procedes according to sets of variants that participate in literary Tendenzen, adopting the principle of coherence found in Literaturkritik. In so doing, the literary analysis identifies the scope and literary character of p967 and MT's meaningful textual variants. Finally, the codicological analysis explores p967's manuscript as an historical and sociological artifact, focusing especially on what the paratextual marks reveal about the interpretive interests of a 3rd century CE community.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in the composition of biblical books, issues of interpretation and reception, the text of Ezekiel, and early Christian uses of the Hebrew Bible, as well as redaction critics, classical philologists, Septuagint scholars, and codicologists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lilly, Ingrd E

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha

Über Autor(innen)

Ingrid Lilly, Ph.D. (2010) in Hebrew Bible, Emory University, is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Western Kentucky University. She is an Assistant Editor for the journal TC: A Journal for Biblical Textual Criticism and co-chairs the Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible unit at the Society of Biblical Literature's annual conference.