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  1. 1. The Text of 2 Chronicles 1-16 : A Critical Edition with Textual Commentary

    Author : Kjell Hognesius; Emanuel Tov; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Old Testament exegesis; Bible; Old Testament; 2 Chronicles; critical edition; eclectic text; Chronicler; parallel sections; synoptic text; 1 Kings; Vorlage; emendation; conjecture; original text; Masoretic text; Hebrew manuscripts; versions; Septuagint; retroversion; commentary; Gamla testamentets exegetik; Old Testament exegesis; Gamla testamentets exegetik; Gamla testamentets exegetik; Old Testament Exegesis;

    Abstract : Textual criticism has for a long time been a somewhat neglected field of research within the discipline of Old Testament studies, at least as compared with New Testament studies and the field of Classics. With the exception of scholarly editions of the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, what have been analysed are individual passages rather than whole books. READ MORE

  2. 2. The Peshitta and the versions : A study of the Peshitta variants in Joshua 1-5 in relation to their equivalents in the ancient versions

    Author : Johann E. Erbes; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Languages and linguistics; Old Testament; Book of Joshua; Hebrew; Masoretic Text; Peshitta; Syriac manuscripts; Syriac; Targum; Septuagint; Syro-Hexapla; Coptic; Ethiopic; Vulgate; textual criticism; translation technique; Språkvetenskap; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; semitiska språk; Semitic Languages;

    Abstract : The dissertation focuses on the relationship between the Peshitta readings and their equivalent readings in the ancient versions. The purpose of this study is to discover the possible influences of the Masoretic Text on the one hand, and the versions, especially the Septuagint, on the other. The material is too scarce to attempt creating a stemma. READ MORE