Scribal laws
Subtitle: exegetical variation in the textual transmission of Biblical law in the late Second Temple period
By: David Andrew Teeter
Series: Forschungen zum Alten Testament -- 92; Forschungen zum Alten Testament -- 92.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Tübingen, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9783161532498
Subjects: Judaism; Judaïsme; Interprétation; Redaktion; Droit; Post-exilic period (Judaism); Jewish law; History; Interpretation and construction
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-330) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Chapter I: Text history as reception history: plurality and the dynamics of textual change.; title: Chapter II: Exegetical variation in the text of biblical law.; title: Chapter III: The textual hermeneutics of exegetical variation in biblical law.; title: Chapter IV: Historical assessment: the nature and background of textual variation in scriptural legal texts.; title: Chapter V: Concluding reflections.