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Emanuel Tov, The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research (Jerusalem Biblical Studies 3), Simor Ltd., Jerusalem 1981, 343 pp., paper, $ 17

Emanuel Tov, The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research (Jerusalem Biblical... 214 the Vocabulary of Galilean Aramaic (A treatment of 18 words, the bulk of which attested in ms. Vat. Ebr. 60 of' Bereshit Rabba); 174-188 O. R. SCHWARZWALD, Parallel Processes in Mishnaic and Modern Hebrew). A. S. VAN DER WOUDE REVIEW OF BOOKS Emanuel Tov, The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research (Jerusalem Biblical Studies 3), Simor Ltd., Jerusalem 1981, 343 pp., paper, $ 17 (For several centuries now the Septuagint has been studied in relation to the Hebrew text underlying it. Yet up till now no systematic treatise has been written dealing with the problems of reconstructing that text. This book sets out to fill this gap. After an introductory chapter devoted to various basic notions the book is divided into two parts: 'The reconstruction of the Hebrew text under- lying the LXX: possibilities and impossibilities' (chapters II-V), and 'The Hebrew text underlying the LXX' (chapters VI and VII). A brief outline of the contents of the two parts will give an idea what is meant by these labels. Chapter II treats the question when to reconstruct variants. 'The first step in a text-critical analysis of the LXX is to search for deviations from MT' http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal for the Study of Judaism Brill

Emanuel Tov, The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research (Jerusalem Biblical Studies 3), Simor Ltd., Jerusalem 1981, 343 pp., paper, $ 17

Journal for the Study of Judaism , Volume 13 (1-2): 214 – Jan 1, 1982

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Brill
Copyright
© 1982 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0047-2212
eISSN
1570-0631
DOI
10.1163/157006382X00251
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214 the Vocabulary of Galilean Aramaic (A treatment of 18 words, the bulk of which attested in ms. Vat. Ebr. 60 of' Bereshit Rabba); 174-188 O. R. SCHWARZWALD, Parallel Processes in Mishnaic and Modern Hebrew). A. S. VAN DER WOUDE REVIEW OF BOOKS Emanuel Tov, The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research (Jerusalem Biblical Studies 3), Simor Ltd., Jerusalem 1981, 343 pp., paper, $ 17 (For several centuries now the Septuagint has been studied in relation to the Hebrew text underlying it. Yet up till now no systematic treatise has been written dealing with the problems of reconstructing that text. This book sets out to fill this gap. After an introductory chapter devoted to various basic notions the book is divided into two parts: 'The reconstruction of the Hebrew text under- lying the LXX: possibilities and impossibilities' (chapters II-V), and 'The Hebrew text underlying the LXX' (chapters VI and VII). A brief outline of the contents of the two parts will give an idea what is meant by these labels. Chapter II treats the question when to reconstruct variants. 'The first step in a text-critical analysis of the LXX is to search for deviations from MT'

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Journal for the Study of JudaismBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1982

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