Exploring the Isaiah Scrolls and Their Textual Variants

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-41059-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 510 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 946 g

Reihe: Supplements to the Textual History of the Bible

In Exploring the Isaiah Scrolls and Their Textual Variants, Donald W. Parry systematically presents, on a verse-by-verse basis, the variants of the Hebrew witnesses of Isaiah (the Masoretic Text and the twenty-one Isaiah Dead Sea Scrolls) and briefly discusses why each variant exists. The Isaiah scrolls have greatly impacted our understanding of the textual history of the Bible, and in recent decades, Bible translation committees have incorporated a number of the variants into their translations; as such, the Isaiah scrolls are important for both academic and popular audiences. Variant characterizations include four categories: (a) accidental errors, e.g., dittography, haplography, metathesis, graphic similarity; (b) intentional changes by scribes and copyists; (c) synonymous readings; (d) scribes’ stylistic approaches and conventions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parry, Donald W

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Donald W. Parry, Ph.D., Professor of Hebrew Bible Studies, holds the Abraham O. Smoot Professorship at Brigham Young University. He has served as a member of the International Team of Editors of the Dead Sea Scrolls and has authored or (co)edited several articles and books on the Scrolls and the Hebrew Bible.