This book contains a new version of the scroll that represents an early revision of the Septuagint toward a closer correspondence with the Hebrew text of the Bible. After an extensive introduction, the volume provides the text with and without reconstructions, notes on palaeography and reconstructions, and a commentary on translation technique, orthographic peculiarities, and textual relations.

The Greek Minor Prophets Scroll from Nahal Hever (8HevXIIgr): The Seiyal Collection I (Discoveries in the Judaean Desert)

History

Tov, Emanuel

Ancient Civilizations

Clarendon Press

This volume inaugurates the publication of the biblical Dead Sea Scrolls in the Jewish script from Qumran Cave 4. It contains 26 Hebrew manuscripts of the Bible from Genesis to Numbers, antedating previous text by 1,000 years.

Qumran Cave 4: VII: Genesis to Numbers (Discoveries in the Judaean Desert)

Cross, Frank Moore

Strugnell, John

Ulrich, Eugene

Davila, James R.

Sanderson, Judith E.

Nathan, Jastram

This definitive scholarly edition continues the publication of the biblical Dead Sea Scrolls from Qumran Cave 4. It contains twenty-four manuscripts of the books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Kings, antedating previous Hebrew texts by a millennium. The scrolls are valuable witnesses to the pluriform nature of the ancient biblical text and have been used for recent revised translation of the Bible.

Qumran Cave 4: IX: Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Kings (Discoveries in the Judaean Desert)

Literature & Fiction

Crawford, Sidnie White

Duncan, Julie Ann

Skehan, Patrick W.

Barrera, Julio Trebolle

History & Criticism

This volume, the latest in this pathbreaking series, contains a collection of compositions from Cave 4 at Qumran, written during the Second Temple Period and linked to the Hebrew Bible through text, characters, themes, or genre. Some were completely unknown before their discovery here. The documents greatly enhance our understanding of biblical interpretation at this period.

Qumran Cave 4: VIII: Parabiblical Texts, Part I (Discoveries in the Judaean Desert)

VanderKaM, James

Attridge, Harold

Elgvin, Torleif

Milik, Jozef

Olyan, Saul

White, Sidnie

This volume continues the publication of the series of biblical Dead Sea Scrolls that were discovered in Cave 4 at Qumran. It contains thirty-three manuscripts of the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the Twelve Minor Prophets. These texts antedate by a millennium those that had previously held the title of the earliest surviving Hebrew biblical manuscripts. They document a pluriformity acceptable in the ancient biblical textual tradition before the text became standardized later in the Christian and Rabbinic period. The Book of Isaiah was one of the most widely copied books at Qumran. 4QJerb displays the earlier edition of Jeremiah from which the Septuagint was translated, in contrast to the later edition in the Massoretic tradition. Superior textual variants from these manuscripts have been adopted in recent revised translations of the Bible.

Qumran Cave 4: X: The Prophets (Discoveries in the Judaean Desert)

Skehan, the late Patrick W.

Fuller, Russell E.

This volume continues the publication of the series of biblical Dead Sea Scrolls that were discovered in Cave 4 at Qumran. It contains forty-two manuscripts of the Writings or Wisdom Books, from Psalms to Chronicles. These Hebrew texts antedate by a millennium what had previously been considered the earliest surviving biblical manuscripts in the original language. They document a pluriformity that characterized the ancient biblical textual tradition before the text became uniform later in the Rabbinic period. The Book of Psalms was the most widely copied book at Qumran, and the manuscripts display some alternate arrangements.

Qumran Cave 4: XI: Psalms to Chronicles (Discoveries in the Judaean Desert)

Flint, Peter W.

Niccum, Curt

Fitsmyer, Joseph A.

Metso, Sarianna

Murphy, Catherine M.

This volume provides a general overview of and introduction to the 38 volumes of the Discoveries in the Judaean Desert series published since 1951 by Oxford University Press. It contains a general description of the series and its editorial principles, as well as several different indexes.

Discoveries in the Judaean Desert: Volume XXXIX: Introduction and Indexes

A wide range of readers, from beginning students to research scholars, will find this book accessible and indispensable. Tov offers extensive descriptions of the major witnesses to the text of the Hebrew Bible--the Hebrew text from Qumran, the Septuagint, the Masoretic text--as well as the Aramic Targumim, the Syriac translations, the Vulgate, and others.

Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Fortress Press

An accessible approach to critical evaluation of the Old Testament, this book includes a detailed discussion of the transmittal of the Bible during the period of the Second Temple as well as extensive information on textual and literary criticism, including the relevance of the historical context.

This handbook provides a practical guide for the student and scholar alike who wishes to use the Septuagint (LXX) in the text-critical analysis of the Hebrew Bible. It does not serve as another theoretical introduction to the LXX, but it provides all the practical background information needed for the integration of the LXX in biblical studies. The LXX, together with the Masoretic Text and several Qumran scrolls, remains the most significant source of information for the study of ancient Scripture, but it is written in Greek, and many technical details need to be taken into consideration when using this tool. Therefore, a practical handbook such as this is needed for the integration of the Greek translation in the study of the Hebrew Bible.
The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research is based on much background information, intuition and experience, clear thinking, and a solid description of the procedures followed. The author presents his handbook after half a century of study of the Septuagint, four decades of specialized teaching experience, and involvement in several research projects focusing on the relation between the Hebrew and Greek Bibles.
The first two editions of this handbook, published by Simor of Jerusalem (Jerusalem Biblical Studies 3 [1981] and 8 [1997]), received much praise but have been out of print for a considerable period. This, the third, edition presents a completely revised version of the previous editions based on the many developments that took place in the analysis of the Septuagint, the Hebrew Bible and the Qumran Scrolls. Much new information has also been added.
Eisenbrauns has been involved in the marketing of the previous two editions and is proud to offer now its own completely novel edition. A must for students of the Hebrew Bible, textual criticism, the Septuagint and the other ancient translations, Dead Sea Scrolls, and Jewish Hellenism.

The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research

Eisenbrauns

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