Studies in Textual Criticism

Emanuel Tov, Ph.D. (1974), Hebrew University, Jerusalem is J.L. Magnes Professor of Bible emeritus at that University. He has published many monographs on the textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible, Qumran, and the Septuagint and was the editor-in-chief of the DSS publication project.

• PrefaceList of TablesSourcesAbbreviations and SourcesPart 1 Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible1 The Possible Revision of Hebrew Texts according to the Masoretic Text2 Textual Harmonization in Leviticus3 The Tenth Commandment of the Samaritans4 The Philosophy of the Biblia Hebraica Quinta Edition5 The Formation of the (ProtoMasoretic Text6 Pierre-Maurice Bogaert, Le livre de Jérémie en perspective: “Introductory Remarks”7 Orthographic Practices of the Biblical Texts8 The Last Stage of the Literary History of the Book of Jeremiah9 Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible in the Digital Age: Advantages and Disadvantages of the Use of Digital Tools10 Vox Clamantis in Deserto: The History of the Interpretation and Misinterpretation of Isaiah 40:311 Copying the Torah: From the Time of the Judean Desert Scrolls to Modern TimesPart 2 The Septuagint12 From a Popular Jewish LXX-SP Text Block to Separate Group Texts: Insights from the Dead Sea Scrolls13 The Textual Value of the Septuagint Version of the Minor Prophets14 The Interaction between Theological and Text-Critical Approaches15 The Renderings of the Divine Names in the Greek Torah16 The Use of the Earliest Greek Scripture Fragments in Text Editions17 The Palestinian Source of the Greek Translation of the Torah18 Papyrus Nash and the Septuagint19 Different Textual Traditions about Sheshonq-Shishak in the Hebrew and Greek Bible20 The Use of the Septuagint in Critical Commentaries21 P.Vindob.G. 39777 (Symmachus) and the Use of the Divine Names in Greek Scripture Texts22 The LXX Translators’ Procedures in Representing Proper Names: Consistency in RepresentationPart 3 The Dead Sea Scrolls23 The Qumran Tefillin and Their Possible Master Copies24 The Background and Origin of the Qumran Corpus of Scripture Texts25 Approaches of Scribes to the Biblical Text in Ancient Israel26 ‘Luxury Scrolls’ from the Judean DesertPart 4 Reflections27 Has the Field of Textual Criticism Changed in the Past Half-Century (1970–2023)?28 Some Academic MemoirsIndex of Ancient SourcesIndex of Authors