Karin Finsterbusch, Dr. theol. (1994), University of Heidelberg, is Professor of Old Testament Studies at the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU). She has published on the Hebrew Bible, its textual criticism, Second Temple Judaism, Early Christianity, and the text of the Septuagint and Hebrew Bible. Russell E. Fuller, PhD (1988, Harvard University), is professor of Hebrew Bible in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego. He is a member of the international team of editors for the Dead Sea Scrolls.Armin Lange is professor of Second Temple Judaism and Antisemitism Studies at the University of Vienna, a member of the international team editing the Dead Sea Scrolls, and a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He has published on the Hebrew Bible, its textual criticism, Second Temple Judaism, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the religious history of antisemitism.Jason K. Driesbach, PhD (2015), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is the author of 4QSamuel and the Text of Samuel (Brill, 2016). He has also contributed to the Historical Theological Lexicon of the Septuagint, vol. 1 (Mohr Siebeck, 2020).

• Bibliographical AbbreviationsIntroductionKarin Finsterbusch, Armin Lange and Russell E. FullerThe Evolution of the Pentateuchal Narratives in the Light of the Evolution of the Gilgamesh EpicJeffrey H. TigayMesopotamian Textual Criticism in Comparative PerspectivePaul DelneroTextual Criticism and the Homeric EpicsGraeme BirdThe Hebrew Texts of the Bible and Their Value for Textual CriticismArmin Lange and Karin FinsterbuschTextual Criticism of the New TestamentElizabeth Schrader PolczerTextual Criticism and the Evolution of Rabbinic TextsWill There Ever Be a Final Text?Lawrence H. SchiffmanTextual Criticism of the QuranMarijn van PuttenA Mighty Tree or a Delicate Braid?A History and Critique of Critical Text Editing in Buddhist StudiesNicholas TrautzTextual Criticism and Ancient Hindu TextsSigne CohenThe Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible as Compared with the Textual Criticism of Other LiteraturesEmanuel Tov