Confusing redaction and corruption: A house going to hell

<span>There are two dimensions to the argument offered in this article, both of them pertaining to methodological issues. The first is that of distinguishing textual criticism from redactional criticism, especially with recourse to the critical apparatus of the Stuttgart Hebrew Bibles. Secondl...

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Main Author: James Alfred Loader
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Language:Afrikaans
Published: AOSIS 2013-09-01
Series:Verbum et Ecclesia
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Online Access:http://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/VE/article/view/797
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spelling doaj-279d44842f7a47f19b5587e7b70c7b772020-11-24T22:45:34ZafrAOSISVerbum et Ecclesia 1609-99822074-77052013-09-0134210.4102/ve.v34i2.7971039Confusing redaction and corruption: A house going to hellJames Alfred Loader0Insitut f�r Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft Department, Universit�t Wien, Austria; Department of Old Testament Studies, University of Pretoria, South Africa<span>There are two dimensions to the argument offered in this article, both of them pertaining to methodological issues. The first is that of distinguishing textual criticism from redactional criticism, especially with recourse to the critical apparatus of the Stuttgart Hebrew Bibles. Secondly, the danger of over-emphasising the sound distinction between so-called �literary� and �historical� exegetical modes into an unsound separation between them. Proposals for the emendation of the text in Proverbs 2:18 are used as an example of both issues at once. It is advanced that a historical enquiry into the origin of the text can shed light on an analysis of the text �as it stands�, which undermines the reading of the �final text� as an exercise that can, and may, have nothing to do with enquiry into the growth of that text. This article endeavours to advance its argument by means of a practical contribution to solving the perceived textual problems of the </span><em>crux interpretum</em><span>, rather than indulging in the kind of theoretical skirmishes that characterised South African debates at the end of the previous century.</span><br />http://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/VE/article/view/797Old TestamentProverbs
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Confusing redaction and corruption: A house going to hell
Verbum et Ecclesia
Old Testament
Proverbs
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title Confusing redaction and corruption: A house going to hell
title_short Confusing redaction and corruption: A house going to hell
title_full Confusing redaction and corruption: A house going to hell
title_fullStr Confusing redaction and corruption: A house going to hell
title_full_unstemmed Confusing redaction and corruption: A house going to hell
title_sort confusing redaction and corruption: a house going to hell
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series Verbum et Ecclesia
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2074-7705
publishDate 2013-09-01
description <span>There are two dimensions to the argument offered in this article, both of them pertaining to methodological issues. The first is that of distinguishing textual criticism from redactional criticism, especially with recourse to the critical apparatus of the Stuttgart Hebrew Bibles. Secondly, the danger of over-emphasising the sound distinction between so-called �literary� and �historical� exegetical modes into an unsound separation between them. Proposals for the emendation of the text in Proverbs 2:18 are used as an example of both issues at once. It is advanced that a historical enquiry into the origin of the text can shed light on an analysis of the text �as it stands�, which undermines the reading of the �final text� as an exercise that can, and may, have nothing to do with enquiry into the growth of that text. This article endeavours to advance its argument by means of a practical contribution to solving the perceived textual problems of the </span><em>crux interpretum</em><span>, rather than indulging in the kind of theoretical skirmishes that characterised South African debates at the end of the previous century.</span><br />
topic Old Testament
Proverbs
url http://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/VE/article/view/797
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