Sample Editions of the Oxford Hebrew Bible: Deuteronomy 32:1-9, 1 Kings 11:1-8, and Jeremiah 27:1-10 (34 G)

Authors

Sidnie White Crawford, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Jan Joosten, Université de Strasbourg
Eugene Ulrich, University of Notre Dame

Date of this Version

2008

Comments

Published in Vetus Testamentum 58 (2008), pp. 352-366. DOI: 10.1163/156853308X302015 Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008. http://www.brill.nl/vt

Abstract

The following sample editions illustrate the theory and method of the Oxford Hebrew Bible. The Deuteronomy sample, edited by Sidnie White Crawford, concerns a text with one ancient edition, while the Kings sample, edited by Jan Joosten, and the Jeremiah sample, edited by Eugene Ulrich, concern texts with two ancient editions. The arguments that justify the editorial decisions are presented in the apparatuses and text-critical commentaries. (The detailed introductory chapters are not included.) The critical texts, following the conventions discussed in the previous article, contain the following sigla: a superlinear circlet to indicate an entry in the apparatus where the critical text reproduces the copy-text, and a superlinear squarelet to indicate an entry in the apparatus where the critical text differs from the copy-text. Readings in the critical text that differ from the copy-text lack the vocalization and accents of the copy-text. For the sigla and abbreviations used in the apparatus, see the OHB website (http://ohb.berkeley.edu).