Title: Two books of Ezekiel : Papyrus 967 and the Masoretic text as variant literary editions /
Authors: Lilly, Ingrid E.
Publisher: Brill,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Bible. Criticism, Textual.; Papyrus 967.; Bible. Versions Papyrus 967.
Abstract: "Greek paprus codex 967 (p967) manifests a different edition of Ezekiel from the Hebrew Masoretic Text (MT). This study defines and uses a 'manuscript approach' to argue that p967 qualifies as a variant literary edition of Ezekiel. Methodologically, the approach is rooted in text-critical analysis, clarifies p967's textual significance, and shows that its text usually reflects the Old Greek translation and in many cases an early Hebrew edition of Ezekiel. The literary analysis of p967 and MT procedes according to sets of variants that participate in literary Tendenzen, adopting the principle of coherence found in Literaturkritik. In so doing, the literary analysis identifies the scope and literary character of p967 and MT's meaningful textual variants. Finally, the codicological analysis explores p967's manuscript as an historical and sociological artifact, focusing especially on what the paratextual marks reveal about the inerpretive interests of a 3rd century CE community." -- Book jacket.
Contents: Introduction: a manuscript approach to p967 -- Understanding p967's text: history of text-critical -- A coherence approach to literary analysis: discerning 'Tendenzen' -- The 'Tendenzen': text-ciritical analysis -- The 'Tendenzen': exegetical readings of p967 and MT as variant literary editions -- Codicological analysis of p967 Ezekiel -- Conclusions -- Table I: Contents of p967 publications -- Table II: Alignment of p967 among the Greek versions -- Table III: Diagrams of Greek textual history -- Table IV: Ziegler's 1977 text groups -- Table V: Multiple translator theory: select data from McGregor's 1985 study -- Table VI: Textual lemmata in canonical order.