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Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Series Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Reference Works; Commentaries; Journals; Bible Versions; Chapter 1: Introduction to Textual Criticism; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 What Textual Criticism Is-And Is Not; 1.2.1 Translation Technique and Unclear Meaning; 1.2.2 Textual Criticism Is Not Translation; 1.2.3 Textual Criticism Defined; 1.3 Looking Ahead; 1.4 Resources for Further Study; Chapter 2: An Overview of Textual Criticism; 2.1 Why Is Textual Criticism Necessary?; 2.1.1 Differences among Textual Witnesses

2.1.1.a Old Testament Witnesses2.1.1.b New Testament Witnesses; 2.1.2 Changes and Errors in Transmission; 2.1.2.a Omissions; 2.1.2.a.1 General Omissions; 2.1.2.a.2 Haplography; Old Testament Examples; New Testament Example; 2.1.2.a.3 Parablepsis; Old Testament Examples; New Testament Examples; 2.1.2.b Additions; 2.1.2.b.1 Dittography; Old Testament Examples; New Testament Examples; 2.1.2.b.2 Conflation; Old Testament Example; New Testament Example; 2.1.2.b.3 Glosses; Old Testament Examples; New Testament Examples; 2.1.2.c Misspellings; 2.1.2.c.1 Metathesis; Old Testament Example

New Testament Examples2.1.2.c.2 Mistaken Letters; Old Testament Examples; New Testament Examples; 2.1.2.c.3 Homophony; Old Testament Examples; New Testament Examples; 2.1.2.d Intentional Changes; 2.1.2.d.1 Spelling and Grammar; Old Testament Examples; New Testament Example; 2.1.2.d.2 Harmonization; Old Testament Example; New Testament Examples; 2.1.2.d.3 Theological Changes; Old Testament Examples; New Testament Examples; 2.2 The Goal of Textual Criticism; 2.3 Basic Principles of Textual Criticism; 2.3.1 External Evidence; 2.3.2 Internal Evidence; 2.3.2.a Transcriptional Probability

2.3.2.b Intrinsic Probability2.3.2.c Basic Principles; 2.4 Limitations of Textual Criticism; 2.5 Resources for Further Study; Chapter 3: Introduction to Old Testament Textual Criticism; 3.1 History and Key Figures; 3.1.1 Early History; 3.1.2 Middle Ages and Beyond; 3.1.3 Modern Period (Nineteenth-Twentieth Century); 3.2 Textual Evidence; 3.2.1 Masoretic Text (Hebrew); 3.2.1.a Masoretic Traditions; 3.2.1.a.1 Vocalization and Accents; 3.2.1.a.2 Kethiv and Qere; 3.2.1.a.3 Other Notations and Corrections; 3.2.1.b Masoretic Manuscripts; 3.2.1.b.1 Leningrad Codex; 3.2.1.b.2 Aleppo Codex

3.2.1.b.3 Cairo Codex of the Prophets3.2.1.c Modern Critical Editions of the Hebrew Bible; 3.2.1.c.1 Biblia Hebraica-Kittel (BHK); 3.2.1.c.2 Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS); 3.2.1.c.3 Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ); 3.2.1.c.4 Hebrew University Bible Project (HUBP); 3.2.1.c.5 The Hebrew Bible: A Critical Edition (HBCE); 3.2.1.d English Translations of the Masoretic Text; 3.2.2 Septuagint (Greek); 3.2.2.a Old Greek; 3.2.2.b Aquila, Symmachus, Theodotion; 3.2.2.c Origen and the Hexapla; 3.2.2.d Daughter Translations of the Septuagint; 3.2.2.e Modern Critical Editions of the Septuagint

3.2.2.e.1 Swete

Includes bibliographical references.

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