All the writings which come to us from antiquity, including the
writings of the Old and New Testaments, have suffered from
misadventures. The interpreter of these materials cannot proceed
from assumptions which would be accepted without question in the
study ofa modern book. The text to be interpreted must first be
established-it is not already defined. The available witnesses to
the text must first be examined in order to reconstruct a single
form of the text which we can assert with confidence to be as close
to the form of the autographs as scientific principles can Lead us,
if not (ideally) identical with them. The work of textual criticism
is both a preliminary and an integral part of the task of
interpretation; its role may once have been overrated, just as now
it tends to be overlooked, yet its service remains indispensable.
The purpose and goal of our critical editions of the Bible is to
assist in achieving an objective understanding of the text. They
bring together in a convenient form a vast array of material, well
beyond the capacity of individual scholars to assemble for
themselves, to provide the first requirements for a systematic
study of the text. But to deal with all this material and use it
effectively we must understand its peculiarities and the value of
its various elements. When faced with a difficult passage we cannot
simply gather together the various readings and select the one
which seems to offer the simplest solution, at times preferring the
Hebrew text, at other times the Septuagint, and yet other times the
Aramaic Targum. Textual witnesses are not all equally reliable.
Each has its own character and its own peculiar history. We must be
familiar with these if we hope to avoid inadequate or false
solutions.
General
| Imprint: |
Scm Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
March 1980 |
| Authors: |
Ernst Wurthwein
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
256 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-334-01615-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-334-01615-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780334016151 |
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