A critical edition of the Samaritan Pentateuch is one of the most urgent desiderata of Hebrew Bible research. The present volume on Leviticus is the first out of a series of five meant to fill this gap. The text from the oldest mss. of SP is continuously accompanied by comparative readings, gathered from the Samaritan Targum and the oral reading, as well as MT, the DSS, and the LXX, creating an indispensable resource for Biblical research.

The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world. BZAW welcomes submissions that make an original and significant contribution to the field; demonstrate sophisticated engagement with the relevant secondary literature; and are written in readable, logical, and engaging prose.

The work of Egyptologists, scholars in Ancient Oriental Studies and biblical exegesis concentrates on texts which are translated, commented on, and used as sources. The production and reception of texts in these closely interrelated cultures hardly seems comparable to corresponding models in our world. The present volume resulted from a conference on those differences and commonalities, and addresses the question of what constitutes a linguistic "text" in the cultures referred to. It presents papers on the reconstruction of culturally specific concepts of text from the perspective of the disciplines concerned.

This volume aims to examine the history and the impact of Wilhelm Gesenius s Concise Hebrew-German Dictionary in the context of historical research. From the time of its initial publication in 1810 through its most recent 18th edition completed in 2010, the dictionary has been among the most important reference works for scholars in Hebrew language studies, Old Testament biblical studies, and Semitic studies. It has exerted lasting influence on Old Testament biblical exegesis, Hebrew lexicography, and Semitic language studies. The 33 essays in this volume provide a picture of the dictionary's diverse historical interrelationships and impacts."

Beside the Masoretic text, the orally transmitted Samaritan reading tradition is the most important source for the vocalisation of the Torah. The author points to parallel developments in Qumran, and sees the development of the Samaritan tradition from the 2nd century BC as part of the creation of specific group identities within Judaism, and examines its transmission. In addition, the work offers a comprehensive analysis of the more than 400 textually relevant differences in vocalisation between the Samaritan and Masoretic traditions in the Book of Genesis.

Das weit uber die Grenzen der Theologie hinaus bekannte Hauptwerk des Alttestamentlers und Palastinawissenschaftlers Gustaf Dalman (1855-1941), Arbeit und Sitte in Palastina , erschien ab 1928 in verschiedenen Verlagen und hat seitdem mehrere Neuauflagen erlebt. Das Werk verschafft einen Einblick in das vorindustrielle, traditionelle Alltagsleben der arabischen Bewohner Palastinas um die Wende vom 19. zum 20. Jahrhundert. Dalman hat damit ein umfassendes Dokument der Volks- und Landeskunde verfasst, das auch zur Erhellung der biblischen Texte beigetragen hat. Der achte und letzte Band des Werkes konnte von Dalman nicht mehr ganz fertiggestellt werden. Der Verlag Walter de Gruyter legt hier erstmals in einer Edition des Gustaf-Dalman-Instituts in Greifswald den bislang unveroeffentlichten letzten Band von Dalmans beruhmter kulturgeschichtlicher Palastinastudie vor. Der Band enthalt neben dem von Dalman verfassten Text uber Geburt, Kindererziehung, das hausliche Leben und das Lebensende im Palastina nach der Jahrhundertwende erstmals ein komplettes Literaturverzeichnis zu allen Banden, ebenso ein Gesamtregister zu den Banden I-VIII, bestehend aus Sachregister, Bibelstellenregister und - neu - Register der rabbinischen Zitate. Ein ausfuhrlicher Bildteil enthalt Fotografien, die zumeist von Dalman selbst aufgenommen wurden. Die Fotografien des Bildteils illustrieren den vorgelegten Band VIII in seinen behandelten Aspekten.

The volume collects studies in the linguistic, exegetical and historical traditions found in Samaritan texts or pertaining to our understanding of the Samaritans, from antiquity to the present. Apart from the Hebrew Pentateuch, a special focus is laid on sources in Samaritan Arabic and Samaritan Aramaic.