The dismembered Bible: cutting and pasting scripture in Antiquity
Cover -- Title -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Jumbled Bible: Established Causes -- 2.1. Misplaced Interlinear and Marginal Supplements -- 2.2. Dislocated Sheets -- 2.3. Deliberate Textual Arrangement -- 2.3.1. Genesis 35:22b-29 -- 2.3.2. Joshua 8:30-35 -- 2.3.3...
| Summary: | Cover -- Title -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Jumbled Bible: Established Causes -- 2.1. Misplaced Interlinear and Marginal Supplements -- 2.2. Dislocated Sheets -- 2.3. Deliberate Textual Arrangement -- 2.3.1. Genesis 35:22b-29 -- 2.3.2. Joshua 8:30-35 -- 2.3.3. Ezekiel 37 -- 2.3.4. Transferral of Colophons -- 3. The Jumbled Bible: A New Hypothesis -- 3.1. Cut-and-Paste Errors: Textual Migrations -- 3.1.1. Genesis 7:7-16, Noah Enters the Ark -- 3.1.2. Genesis 8:10-14, Noah Exits the Ark -- 3.1.3. Genesis 30:25-28, Jacob Asks Laban for Leave -- 3.2. Cut-and-Paste Errors: Textual Transpositions -- 3.2.1. Genesis 48, The Blessings of Joseph and Sons -- 3.2.2. Exodus 16, Manna and Quail -- 3.2.3. Exodus 33-34, Moses and YHWH Go in Circles -- 3.2.4. 1 Samuel 28:3-30:31, The "Witch" of Endor -- 3.3. Cut-and-Paste Errors: Other Jumbling -- 4. Methodological Ramifications -- 4.1. A New Category of Parablepsis -- 4.2. Diagnosing Jumbling Causes -- 4.3. Conventional vs. Cut-and-Paste Redaction -- 5. Ancient Analogues -- 5.1. "All Souls Deuteronomy" (4Q41) -- 5.2. 4QJubileesª (4Q216) -- 5.3. Tomoi Synkollēsimoi -- 5.4. Papyrus of Ani -- 5.5. Patched Scrolls -- 5.5.1. 4QpaleoExodusᵐ (4Q22) -- 5.5.2. Rhind Mathematical Papyrus -- 5.5.3. "Kahun" Gynaecological Papyrus -- 5.5.4. Sefer Abisha -- 5.6. Julius Africanus's Kestoi -- 5.7. Marcus Tullius Cicero's On Glory -- 6. Modern Analogues -- 6.1. The Little Gidding Concordances -- 6.2. The Jefferson Bible -- 6.3. Commonplace Books and Cut-Ups -- 7. Summary and Consequences -- 7.1. Summary -- 7.2. Consequences -- 7.2.1. Scribal Media -- 7.2.2. Conservative Redaction -- 7.2.3. Oral vs. Written Redaction -- 7.2.4. Material Redaction and the Historical-Critical Method -- 7.3. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Primary Sources -- Index of Manuscripts -- General Index. |
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| ISBN: | 316159861X |