Two Books of Ezekiel
Subtitle: Papyrus 967 and the Masoretic Text As Variant Literary Editions (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum)
By: by Ingrid A. Lilly
Series: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum -- v. 150
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 369
ISBN-13: 9789004206748
Subjects: Papyrus 967; Criticism, interpretation; Bible; Versions
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.