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The Dismembered Bible: Cutting and Pasting Scripture in Antiquity

The Dismembered Bible: Cutting and Pasting Scripture in Antiquity

Dershowitz, Idan

Hardcover

Series: Forschungen Zum Alten Testament, Book 143

Bible Studies

ISBN10: 3161598601
ISBN13: 9783161598609
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: Jan 1 2021
Pages: 188
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
It is often presumed that biblical redaction was invariably done using scribal methods, meaning that when editors sought to modify or compile existing texts, they would do so in the process of rewriting them upon new scrolls. There is, however, substantial evidence pointing to an alternative scenario: Various sections of the Hebrew Bible appear to have been created through a process of material redaction. In some cases, ancient editors simply appended new sheets to existing scrolls. Other times, they literally cut and pasted their sources, carving out patches of text from multiple manuscripts and then gluing them together like a collage. Idan Dershowitz shows how this surprising technique left behind telltale traces in the biblical text - especially when the editors made mistakes - allowing us to reconstruct their modus operandi. Material evidence from the ancient Near East and elsewhere further supports his hypothesis.

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