Mouse Trap: A Text-Critical Problem with Rodents in the Ark Narrative

The book of 1 Samuel presents the interpreter with a number of textual difficulties, and where the Masoretic Text is problematic, scholars routinely turn to other versions (such as the Greek Septuagint or the Qumran material) for assistance. There are occasions, however, when the MT is intelligible...

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Main Author: Bodner, Keith (Author)
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Published: Oxford University Press 2008
In: The journal of theological studies
Year: 2008, Volume: 59, Issue: 2, Pages: 634-649
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