exegetical variation in the textual transmission of biblical law in the late Second Temple period /
First Statement of Responsibility
David Andrew Teeter.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvi, 359 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Forschungen zum Alten Testament,
Volume Designation
92
ISSN of Series
0940-4155 ;
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes (pages 273-359).
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Jewish law-- History.
Jewish law-- Interpretation and construction.
Judaism-- History-- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.