Stcfaniak, E.Biblical criticism is the use of critical analysis to understand and explain the Bible. Marian Wolniewicz, who is also the author of two chapters, while the other mentioned contributors are B. This survey of biblical scholarship in Poland since the 2nd World War has been compiled by team work under the direction of the Rev. Les sciences bibliques en Pologne apr& la guerre (1945-1970), Acad6mie de theologie Catholique, [Dewajtis 33 Varsovie 1974, 300 pp., paper. We note that the sub-title given on the cover of the book, ((From the Septuagint to Qumran)), is different from that of the title-page (see our heading).
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In many instances it appears that divergent Septuagintal read- ings result from Hebrew variants instead of free translation, in contrast to what was previously supposed. 2, which compares different readings of the LXX and of the Qumran Hebrew text, shows the importance of the scrolls for the reconstruction of originals. The last chapter, ((Doing textual criticism)), can serve as introduction to the methods of textual criticism. Since, in the author’s view, the Greek versions in a great many instances provide an access to the earliest discernible stages in the his- tory of the OT text, he makes a study of these, and then concentrates his attention on the Septuagint. Since the original copies of the texts no longer exists, and all subsequent texts do not agree, some obviously being (( corrupt )) (diverging from the original), the task of textual criticism will consist in reconstructing the best text by cdmparing the extant texts with one another. Textual criticism aims at recovering the original text of the biblical books. Tucker, ed., Fortress Press, Philadelphia 1974, XI1 + 84 pp., paper 92.75. Klein, Textual Criticism of the Old Testament. Hardbound copies of Masoretic Studies 1 are available through Ktav Publishing House, New York. UOOK REVIEWS which designates the body of traditional information on the text of the Hebrew Bible. Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture SAGE
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