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When Variants Speak
Textual Criticism and the Linguistic Periodization of Biblical Hebrew
Series: - Vetus Testamentum, Supplements, Volume: 206
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How can textual criticism illuminate the history of Biblical Hebrew? This book addresses that question by examining the linguistic profile of secondary readings in the Classical Biblical Hebrew, or pre-exilic, corpus. By analysing variants preserved in the textual tradition of the Hebrew Bible, it shows that textual fluidity is not an obstacle but a valuable resource for describing the linguistic history of Biblical Hebrew. The study demonstrates the importance of textual criticism for a finer description of the periodization of Biblical Hebrew. Combining philology and linguistics, the book offers a new perspective on the relationship between textual transmission and the linguistic history of the Biblical Hebrew.
Vladimir Olivero, Ph.D. (University of Oxford, 2022), is Preceptor in Classical Hebrew at Harvard Universityâs Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and Harvard Divinity School. His research focuses on Biblical Hebrew, textual criticism, the Septuagint, and Semitic languages.
This book would be of interest to biblical scholars who work on linguistics, textual criticism, the history of the formation of the Hebrew Bible, the Septuagint and its daughter versions, Qumran.