Empirical models challenging biblical criticism / edited by Raymond F. Person Jr. and Robert Rezetko.

Other author Person, Raymond F., Jr., 1961- editor.
Other author Rezetko, Robert, editor.
Format Book
PublicationAtlanta : SBL Press, [2016]
Descriptionxiii, 415 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Bible--Criticism, Redaction. --History.
Classical literature--History and criticism.

SeriesAncient Israel and its literature
Ancient Israel and its literature ; no. 25. ^A1143731
Contents Introduction: the importance of empirical models to assess the efficacy of source and redaction criticism / Raymond F. Person Jr. and Robert Rezetko -- Outsourcing Gilgamesh / Sara J. Milstein -- Scribal revision and textual variation in Akkadian šuila-prayers: two case studies in ritual adaptation / Alan Lenzi -- Dissimilatory reading and the making of biblical texts: the Jewish Pentateuch and the Samaritan Pentateuch / Stefan Schorch -- Text-critically studying the biblical manuscript evidence: an "empirical" entry to the literary composition of the text / Bénédicte Lemmelijn -- Division markers as empirical evidence for the editorial growth of biblical books / Julio Trebolle Barrera -- The problem of "literary unity" from the perspective of the study of oral traditions / Raymond F. Person Jr. -- The (dis)connection between textual and linguistic developments in the book of Jeremiah: Hebrew Bible textual criticism challenges biblical Hebrew historical linguistics / Robert Rezetko -- The original problem: the Old Greek and the Masoretic text of Daniel 5 / Ian Young -- Community rule or Community rules: examining a supplementary approach in light of the sectarian Dead Sea scrolls / Maxine L. Grossman -- Limited efficacy in reconstructing the gospel sources for Matthew and Luke / Joseph A. Weaks.
Abstract "Empirical models based on ancient Near Eastern literature and variations between different textual traditions have been used to lend credibility to the identification of the sources behind biblical literature and the different editorial layers. In this volume, empirical models are used to critique the exaggerated results of identifying sources and editorial layers by demonstrating that, even though much of ancient literature had such complex literary histories, our methods are often inadequate for the task of precisely identifying sources and editorial layers"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 355-395) and indexes.
Issued in other formOnline version: Empirical models challenging biblical criticism Atlanta : SBL Press, [2016] 9780884141495
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2016011782
ISBN9781628371321
ISBN9780884141501 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN0884141500 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN1628371323 paperback alkaline paper
ISBNelectronic book

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