The Open Book and the Sealed Book: Jeremiah 32 in its Hebrew and Greek Recensions. By Andrew G. Shead. Pp. 316. (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series, 347; The Hebrew Bible and its Versions, 3.) London: Sheffield Academic Press (a Continuum imprint), 2002. isbn 1 84127 274 4. £50; 95
The relationship between the (longer) Hebrew and (shorter) Greek versions of Jeremiah is one of the most debated issues in biblical criticism, both textual and literary. In this monograph, the mature offspring of a 1998 Cambridge doctoral dissertation supervised by Robert P. Gordon, Andrew Shead has...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2006
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2006, Volume: 57, Issue: 1, Pages: 203-208 |
| Review of: | The open book and the sealed book (London [u.a.] : Sheffield Academic Press, 2002) (Dines, Jennifer)
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| Summary: | The relationship between the (longer) Hebrew and (shorter) Greek versions of Jeremiah is one of the most debated issues in biblical criticism, both textual and literary. In this monograph, the mature offspring of a 1998 Cambridge doctoral dissertation supervised by Robert P. Gordon, Andrew Shead has made a valuable contribution to the continuation of the debate; he would not expect it to have provided ‘the’ solution. The nub of the question is whether the LXX reflects a Hebrew text ‘earlier’ and ‘better’ than that enshrined in the MT. The discovery of the Qumran Hebrew fragments 4QJerb,d has confirmed the existence of a Hebrew text with the same tendencies to shorten and rearrange as found in the LXX's presumed Vorlage (LXXV in Shead's terminology). |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flj002 |