Textual Criticism, Literary Criticism, and State Capture: Returning 3 Reigns 12:24p–t to the Canon of Local African Communities

This article begins by considering the relationship between textual variants and the canonical text, arguing for a fuller presence of significant variant readings alongside the canonical text, in line with contemporary textual critical scholarship and their associated eclectic critical editions. Alo...

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Subtitles:LXXSA
Main Author: West, Gerald O. 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Unisa Press 2023
In: Journal for semitics
Year: 2023, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-18
Further subjects:B 3 Reigns
B state capture
B canonical
B Kings
B Septuagint
B African
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Summary:This article begins by considering the relationship between textual variants and the canonical text, arguing for a fuller presence of significant variant readings alongside the canonical text, in line with contemporary textual critical scholarship and their associated eclectic critical editions. Alongside such eclectic critical editions and their appropriation within Bible translation, this article suggests that a community-based approach like Contextual Bible Study could be used to return significant and relevant variants to ordinary African readers and hearers of the Bible. The article argues that LXX 3 Reigns 12:24p-t is such a significant and relevant textual variant, offering as it does a remarkable resonance with contemporary South African concerns about state capture. The article analyses 24p-t as a significant textual variant in text critical terms, as significant narrative literature in its own right, as a coherent economic narrative analysis concerning the cause of the division of the united monarchy, and as a potential resource for Contextual Bible Study work within the contemporary South African context of state capture.
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for semitics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/13518