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    Published: 2013-12-151
    Vol. 55 No. 1 (2013)

    History of Hebrew Bible Text(s) – an overview

    Jakub Slawik

    Abstract

    The paper offers an overview of the history of Hebrew text(s) of the Old Testament from oral beginnings to medieval manuscripts (so called Masoretic Text). Following stages are listed: oral tradition – (first) writing down – collecting, supplementing and editing – coping – canonizing – uniforming of the consonantal texts – standardizing (vocalization etc.). All the stages were long processes, partly running simultaneously and non-linearly. The paper calls for a necessity of text criticism and literary criticism in exegetical work of theologians and historians.

    Keywords:

    oral tradition, writing down, collecting, editing, coping, canonizing, uniforming of the consonantal texts, standardizing, textual criticism, literal criticism

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    Slawik, J. (2013). History of Hebrew Bible Text(s) – an overview. Theological Yearbook, 55(1), 5–16. Retrieved from https://ojs.chat.edu.pl/index.php/rt/article/view/22

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