Reflections on the critical edition of the Hebrew text of Ben Sira: between eclecticism and pragmatism
This article aims to confront and question the theoretical distinction between textual criticism and redaction criticism from a pragmatic perspective. In order to accomplish this goal, we will examine the Hebrew manuscripts of Ben Sira as a test case and a paradigmatic example. The following situati...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2018
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Textus
Year: 2018, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 187-204 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Textual criticism
/ Sirach
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Textual Criticism
B Critical Edition B Hebrew B textual mouvance B Ben Sira B Philology |
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| Summary: | This article aims to confront and question the theoretical distinction between textual criticism and redaction criticism from a pragmatic perspective. In order to accomplish this goal, we will examine the Hebrew manuscripts of Ben Sira as a test case and a paradigmatic example. The following situations will be examined: cases of irreducible divergences between the Hebrew witnesses, scribal “mistakes,” doublets in MSS A and B, and the so-called Hebrew II. |
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| ISSN: | 2589-255X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Textus
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/2589255X-02701012 |