The Oxford Handbook of Textual Criticism of the Bible

Sidnie White Crawford author Tommy Wasserman author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:13th Feb '26

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Oxford Handbook of the Textual Criticism of the Bible provides an overview of the disciplines of textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament as practiced in the twenty-first century. This volume first explores overarching issues like the formation of the Jewish and Christian canons; philosophical presuppositions in the methods and goals of textual criticism; the complex relationship between literary criticism and textual criticism; and how related fields of Book History, New/Material Philology, and paratextual criticism pose challenges and enrich traditional biblical textual criticism. Subsequently addressed is the textual criticism of the books of the Hebrew Bible, a field which has undergone a paradigm shift since the discovery of the Judean Desert scrolls. Each chapter discusses this shift in various ways, representing different philosophies of and approaches to the ways in which textual criticism can be practiced in a "post-Judean Desert texts" world. Finally, the text discusses the textual criticism of the New Testament and provides chapters concerned with the Greek manuscripts and the indirect evidence of the text in early versions and citations, as well as past and current methods for evaluating this evidence including the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method (CBGM).

This book explores the disciplines of textual criticism of the New Testament and Hebrew Bible as used in contemporary world. It focuses on shift in various directions, showing different philosophies and approaches to the ways in which textual criticism can be practiced. * Neo, Wonderpedia USA *
This work is thorough, exhaustive, and a great overview of presuppositions, methods, and practices of textual criticism of the Jewish Bible, Christian Old Testament, and the Christian New Testament. Crawford and Wasserman, as well as the long list of contributors, have done an exceptional job and should be commended! * Rev. D. Clint Burnett, AD FONTES *
Crawford and Wasserman and contributors are to be commended for this excellent volume. The handbook is poised to become a standard reference for students and advanced scholars who want to move beyond mere introductory notions and dive a bit deeper into the complexities of textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and/or the New Testament. Accordingly, I would strongly recommend this work as a core textbook for advanced courses in textual criticism of both corpora. * Leonardo Pessoa da Silva Pinto, Review of Biblical Literature *
...for biblical scholars, it will serve as an encyclopaedic reference work, providing a well-designed and authoritative picture of the current state of text-critical research. Highly recommended for biblical research libraries. * Jeremy Corley, Irish Theological Quarterly *

ISBN: 9780197581315

Dimensions: 250mm x 184mm x 50mm

Weight: 1383g

736 pages