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Title: The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Origins of the Bible (Studies in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature) by Eugene Ulrich ISBN: 0-8028-4611-4 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: June, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Pluriformity of the Hebrew Bible and its Significance
Comment: Past generations of scholars used to seek the ur-text of the Hebrew Bible. The Hebrew text (specifically the MT) was amended by correcting "corruptions," by translating the Septuagint back into Hebrew with the belief that it represented an earlier text, or some other method.
In _The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Origins of the Bible_ Eugene Ulrich presents a series of essays, once presented as papers for academic conventions, which present the history of the biblical text, starting with the Hebrew texts and progressing to the Greek and Latin texts.
In his essays Ulrich presents three key items: 1) before the Second Revolt (c. 132 CE) there were a pluriformity of texts; 2) until the destruction of the Second Temple, or even until the Second Revolt, the external shape of the "Scriptures" had not been established; and 3) it has too often been assumed that the MT was "the biblical text."
These three items run contrary to what many of us have been taught in years past about the formation of the Hebrew Bible.
Rating: 3
Summary: Seeing Some of the Differences
Comment: The reader is alerted in the Preface that this book is a collection of past essays by the author, written for various conferences and collections. Some overlap of subject matter and repetition of thoughts should be expected. The amount of this, however, is not severe.
Perhaps as much as one-half of the book addresses the question of how the biblical text came into being. The idea of a divinely inspired and faithfully handed down original text is quickly dismissed. The author instead advances the now familiar theory that the books of the bible were produced in editorial stages that included two major thrusts: The faithful repetition of important traditions, and the creative reshaping of those traditions in new theological directions. (Pg. 8)
If one wonders why so much attention is given to possible origins of the Bible instead of the Qumran scrolls themselves, the answer becomes apparent as the author strives to demonstrate that the Qumran biblical manuscripts continue this very process of textual evolution.
For this reader the value of the book lies in the chapters that present readings from the Qumran scrolls which are lined up with the same-verse-readings from a wide range of other ancient texts. The Samaritan Pentateuch; the Masoretic Text; the Septuagint; the Hexapla; and the Old Latin translation of the Septuagint all receive comparative attention.
The reader may not always agree with the conclusions of the author, but the easy-to-compare format allows one to quickly grasp a picture of the differences among the texts and to evaluate their import.
However, a reader does need to be forewarned that without a working knowledge of Hebrew, Greek and Latin one is left in a weak position from which to evaluate the conclusions the author draws.
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Title: Scribes and Schools: The Canonization of the Hebrew Scriptures (Library of Ancient Israel) by Philip R. Davies ISBN: 0664220770 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Canon Debate by Lee Martin McDonald, James A. Sanders ISBN: 1565635175 Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: What Is New Testament Theology? (Guides to Biblical Scholarship. New Testament) by Dan Otto Via ISBN: 080063263X Publisher: Fortress Press Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: New Testament Interpretation Through Rhetorical Criticism by George Alexander Kennedy ISBN: 080784120X Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: September, 1984 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Oral World and Written Word: Ancient Israelite Literature (Library of Ancient Israel) by Susan Niditch, Douglas A. Knight ISBN: 0664219462 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press Pub. Date: October, 1996 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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