Formation and Reformulation: The Redaction of the Book of Joshua in the Light of the Oldest Textual Witnesses

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Book
Author(s): 
Meer, Michaƫl van der
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2004
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Formation and Reformulation: The Redaction of the Book of Joshua in the Light of the Oldest Textual Witnesses

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Supplements to Vetus Testamentum
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102
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0
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Leiden
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Brill
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xxiv + 571
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This volume offers a critical examination of recent theories concerning the growth of biblical literature in the light of the oldest textual witnesses (the Qumran biblical scrolls and the Septuagint). On the basis of a fresh examination of a selection of passages in the book of Joshua, it is shown that these witnesses do not reflect a stage in the literary formation of the book prior to the standardised (Masoretic) text, but a reinterpretation and reformulation of its contents. The study presents a new literary-critical solution to the intricate problems of Joshua 8 and a detailed exegesis of the Greek version of Joshua 1 and 5. Of special interest for Qumran scholars is the new reconstruction of 4QJoshua a .

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VTSup
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Joshua
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5
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Joshua
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8
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07/03/2005
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15 996