exegetical variation in the textual transmission of biblical law in the late Second Temple period /
David Andrew Teeter.
xvi, 359 pages ;
24 cm.
Forschungen zum Alten Testament,
92
0940-4155 ;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes (pages 273-359).
Chapter I: Text history as reception history: plurality and the dynamics of textual change. -- Chapter II: Exegetical variation in the text of biblical law. -- Chapter III: The textual hermeneutics of exegetical variation in biblical law. -- Chapter IV: Historical assessment: the nature and background of textual variation in scriptural legal texts. -- Chapter V: Concluding reflections.
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David Andrew Teeter examines the nature and background of deliberate scribal changes in the texts and versions of biblical law during the late Second Temple period. He offers a descriptive typology and detailed analysis of the attested textual variants and their place within the multi-faceted interpretive encounter with scripture in the late Second Temple period.
Jewish law-- History.
Jewish law-- Interpretation and construction.
Judaism-- History-- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.