The text of the Old Testament
Subtitle: an introduction to Kittel-Kahle's Biblia Hebraica
By: Ernst Würthwein ; Translated by Peter R. Ackroyd
Publisher: Blackwell
Published: 1957
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
Subjects: Hebrew Manuscripts; Bible; Textual Criticism
Other titles: Bible. Old Testament. Hebrew. 1937. 1957.
Notes: "This translation has been made from the author's revision of his Der Text des Alten Testaments (1952)."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-173).

"This translation has been made from the author's version of his Der Text des Alten Testaments (1952).

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Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Foreword to the English Edition; title: Translator's Note; title: Introduction; title: I. Transmission of the text in the original language; title: A. Script and writing materials: 1. Script; title: 2. Writing Materials; title: 3. Writing Implements and Ink; title: B. The Masoretic text: 1. General Considerations; title: 2. The Consonantal Text; title: 3. Pointing; title: 4. The Masora; title: 5. Manuscripts; title: 6. Printed Editions; title: C. The Samaritan Pentateuch; title: II. Translations from the original language; title: A. General matters concerning the versions; title: B. The Septuagint: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The Letter of Aristeas; title: 3. The Origin and History of the Septuagint up to the Second Century A.D.; title: 4. The Later Greek Translations; title: 5. Origen's Hexapla; title: 6. Other Recensions of the Septuagint; title: 7. The Method Proposed by Lagarde; title: 8. Paul Kahle's Thesis; title: 9. The Septuagint and the Hebrew Text; title: 10. Manuscripts; title: 11. Editions; title: 12. The Samaritikon; title: C. The Aramaic targums: 1. Origin and Character; title: 2. The Various Targums; title: 3. The Samaritan Targum; title: D. The Syriac translation (Peshitta): 1. Name and Literary Problems; title: 2. Manuscripts and Editions; title: III. The remaining translations; title: A. The Old Latin: 1. Origin and Problems; title: 2. Editions and Manuscripts; title: B. The Vulgate: 1. Jerome's Translation; title: 2. The History of the Vulgate; title: C. The Coptic translations; title: D. The Ethiopic translations; title: E. The Armenian translation; title: F. The Arabic translations; title: IV. Textual criticism; title: A. The aims of textual criticism; title: B. Causes of textual corruption: 1. General Remarks; title: 2. Errors in Reading and Writing; title: 3. Deliberate Alterations; title: C. The methods of textual criticism: 1. General Remarks; title: 2. The Establishing of the Traditional Text; title: 3. Examination of the Tradition Text; title: 4. Making a Decision; title: 5. Psychological Considerations; title: Plates; title: List of Plates; title: List of Sigla Discussed; title: Bibliography.