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The Formation of The Book of the Twelve: A Study in Text and Canon (review)

The Formation of The Book of the Twelve: A Study in Text and Canon (review) THE FORMATION OF THE BOOK OF THE TWELVE: A STUDY IN TEXT AND CANON. By Barry Alan Jones. SBL Dissertation Series 149. Pp. xii + 266. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1995. Paper, $24.95. This 1994 Duke dissertation by Barry Alan Jones, a student of Eric M. Meyers, argues that "multiple forms of the Hebrew Book of the Twelve existed in antiquity" (p. xi) and that these multiple forms provide fruitful ground for examining literary and canonical issues related to the later stages of the development of the Book of the Twelve. In fact, he claims that his method of studying the Minor Prophets from the perspective of manuscript evidence provides more objective conclusions than approaches which rely on literary-critical tools alone. In chapter 1, a review of the manuscript evidence for the Book of the Twelve leads to the conclusion that three textual traditions for the Minor Prophets existed in antiquity: the Masoretic Text (MT), the Hebrew Vorlage of the Septuagint (LXX), and the text represented in 4QXna (from Cave 4 at Khirbet Qumran). An edition of the Qumran text appears in a 1988 Harvard dissertation by R. Fuller. According to Fuller, 4QXIIa concluded with Zechariah, Malachi, and Jonah-the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Hebrew Studies National Association of Professors of Hebrew

The Formation of The Book of the Twelve: A Study in Text and Canon (review)

Hebrew Studies , Volume 38 (1) – Oct 5, 1997
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THE FORMATION OF THE BOOK OF THE TWELVE: A STUDY IN TEXT AND CANON. By Barry Alan Jones. SBL Dissertation Series 149. Pp. xii + 266. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1995. Paper, $24.95. This 1994 Duke dissertation by Barry Alan Jones, a student of Eric M. Meyers, argues that "multiple forms of the Hebrew Book of the Twelve existed in antiquity" (p. xi) and that these multiple forms provide fruitful ground for examining literary and canonical issues related to the later stages of the development of the Book of the Twelve. In fact, he claims that his method of studying the Minor Prophets from the perspective of manuscript evidence provides more objective conclusions than approaches which rely on literary-critical tools alone. In chapter 1, a review of the manuscript evidence for the Book of the Twelve leads to the conclusion that three textual traditions for the Minor Prophets existed in antiquity: the Masoretic Text (MT), the Hebrew Vorlage of the Septuagint (LXX), and the text represented in 4QXna (from Cave 4 at Khirbet Qumran). An edition of the Qumran text appears in a 1988 Harvard dissertation by R. Fuller. According to Fuller, 4QXIIa concluded with Zechariah, Malachi, and Jonah-the

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