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15 - The Relevance of Textual Criticism for Biblical Interpretation

from Part III - Reception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2022

By
Bradley C. Gregory
Edited by
Ian Boxall  and
Bradley C. Gregory
Ian Boxall
Affiliation:
Catholic University of America, Washington DC
Bradley C. Gregory
Affiliation:
Catholic University of America, Washington DC
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Summary

This chapter discusses the different ways textual criticism and reception history are interrelated. Textual criticism is not simply the prerequisite to the task of interpretation but can help to illuminate the compositional growth, transmission, and early interpretation of biblical texts.

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textual criticismtransmissionreception
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The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation , pp. 285 - 300
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Further Reading

Carr, David M. The Formation of the Hebrew Bible: A New Reconstruction. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2011.Google Scholar
Ehrman, Bart D. The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture: The Effect of Early Christological Controversies on the Text of the New Testament. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.Google Scholar
Metzger, Bruce M., and Ehrman, Bart D.. The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration. 4th ed. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.Google Scholar
Parker, David C. The Living Text of the Gospels. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Tanselle, G. Thomas. A Rationale of Textual Criticism. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1989.Google Scholar
Teeter, David Andrew. Scribal Laws: Exegetical Variation in the Textual Transmission of Biblical Law in the Late Second Temple Period. FAT 92. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2014.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Tov, Emanuel. Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible. 4th ed. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2022.Google Scholar
Ulrich, Eugene. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Developmental Composition of the Bible. VTSup 169. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2015.Google Scholar

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