The impact of unit delimitation on exegesis
By: edited by Raymond de Hoop, Marjo C.A. Korpel, Stanley E. Porter.
Contributors: Hoop, Raymond de.; Korpel, Marjo C. A. 1958-; Porter, Stanley E., 1956-; Pericope Meeting (6th : 2006 : Edinburgh, Scotland); Pericope Meeting (7th : 2007 : Vienna, Austria)
Series: Pericope, scripture as written and read in antiquity -- 7
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9789004171626
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Criticism, Textual -- Congresses; Bible. -- O.T. -- Paragraphs -- Congresses
Description: This volume contains selected papers from the meetings in  Edinburgh   (2006) and  Vienna  (2007) plus two extra articles dealing with the same theme, namely the impact of unit delimitation on exegesis. The volume opens with Raymond de Hoop's introductory reading held at the Edinburgh Meeting of the Pericope group. In a second article he deals with the problem of unit delimitation in MT and LXX of Jeremiah 29. 

Two extra articles were added. Jaap Dekker writes about the setumah after Isaiah 8:16 and its meaning for understanding  the making of the Hebrew Bible, in a discussion with Karel van der Toorn about his recent book on Scribal Culture. Greg Goswell demonstrates that for the book of Daniel the text divisions as they were preserved in the Aramaic text are significant for interpretation and serve several purposes for guiding the reading of the text.

Following are articles on the demarcation of hymns and prayers in the prophets, with the examples of Hosea 6:1-3 and Isaiah 42:10-12, by Marjo Korpel, and on the delimitations of units in the Book of Jeremiah, by Jack Lundbom.  Stanley Porter writes on pericope markers and the paragraph in language, and discusses two examples from the New Testament,  Mark 12:13-27 and Romans 1:21-25, as well as the  implications of paragraphing for the interpretation of these texts, and concludes that emphatic words seem to be more important markers for delimitation than syntax.  

Gert Prinsloo investigates the major delimiters in several traditions of the book of Habakkuk and
evaluates their meaning for exegesis, as does Silvio Tatu for the book of Genesis. Klaas Spronk takes up unit delimitation for the theory of an acrostichon and discusses its meaning for the interpretation of Nahum 1.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: vii; title: R. de Hoop,  Unit Delimitation and Exegesis: Isaiah 56 as an Introduction to the Theme
pagenum: 1; title: R. de Hoop,  Textual, Literary, and Delimitation Criticism: The Case of Jeremiah 29 in MT and LXX
pagenum: 29; title: J. Dekker, Bind Up the Testimony: Isaiah 8:16 and the  Making of the Hebrew Bible
pagenum: 63; title: G. Goswell, The Divisions of the Book of Daniel
pagenum: 89; title: M.C.A. Korpel, The Demarcation of Hymns and Prayers  in the Prophets (I)
pagenum: 115; title: J.R. Lundbom, Delimitation of Units  in the Book of Jeremiah
pagenum: 146; title: S.E. Porter, Pericope Markers and the Paragraph: Textual and Linguistic Implications
pagenum: 175; title: G.T.M. Prinsloo, Petuhot/Setumot and the Structure of Habakkuk: Evaluating the Evidence
pagenum: 196; title: K. Spronk, The Line-Acrostic in Nahum 1: New Evidence from Ancient Greek  Manuscripts and from the Literary Analysis  of the Hebrew Text
pagenum: 228; title: S. Tatu, The Abraham Narrative (Gen. 12:1--25:11) in  Some Ancient and Mediaeval Manuscripts: The Exegetical Implications of Delimitation Criticism
pagenum: 241; title: Abbreviations
pagenum: 268; title: Index of Authors
pagenum: 269; title: Index of Biblical Texts
pagenum: 275