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Textual History of the Books of Kings

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Tekoniemi, Timo·2024·The Oxford Handbook of the Books of Kings
DOI 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197610374.013.4
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The Septuagint (LXX) edition of Kings differs significantly from the Masoretic Text. These differences stem from a different Hebrew base text of the LXX (Vorlage). The LXX edition lacks many textual units added later through protomasoretic editing, but it also contains lengthy textual units not found in the Masoretic Text. Many verses and passages are transposed. Scholarly positions as to which edition has precedent have been highly polarized: while some believe that the LXX is the oldest preserved edition of Kings, others find its text secondary to the Masoretic Text. This question of the textual history and growth of the books of Kings has become one of the most pressing subjects in the contemporary study of Kings. This chapter discusses the methodological repercussions of this textual multiplicity for the study of Kings and gives examples of the major differences between the two extant editions.

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Authors
Tekoniemi, T.
Affiliations
University of Helsinki (FI)
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Tekoniemi, Timo
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Tekoniemi, Timo
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The Oxford Handbook of the Books of Kings
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
2024-06-20
Pages
55-66
DOI
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197610374.013.4
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W4399853808
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Language
en
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Classical Studies and Philology
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis
Keywords
Books of Kings, Septuagint, Masoretic text, textual history, Vorlage, textual variants, Hebrew Bible editions, textual transmission

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