The Text of the Hebrew Bible

History of the Hebrew Bible text

This book aims to open up the discussion and research of the up to now unstudied period of the History of the Hebrew Bible text: the period from the apparent stabilization of the Hebrew biblical text until the standardization that is reflected in the manuscripts of biblical text, those including the Masorah (c. 2nd 9th centuries A.D.). What took place from the time of the standardization of the consonantic text of the Hebrew Bible until the appearance of the first Masoretic codices? How was the biblical text preserved in the meantime? How was the body of notes that makes up the Masorah formed? How can the diversity of the textual traditions contained in the Masorah be explained and be consistent with the idea of a text established and standardized centuries before?

Autorentext
Emanuel Tov is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Pablo Torijano ist Professor für Hebräische Studien an der Complutense Universität Madrid. Dr. Elvira Martín-Contreras is Tenured Research Fellow at the Institute of Languages and Cultures of the Mediterranean and the Near East (CSIC). Dr. Lorena Miralles-Maciá is Associate Researcher at the Department of Semitic Studies, University of Granada.