Proverbs

An Eclectic Edition with Introduction and Textual Commentary

• Publisher: SBL Press
• Pages: 500
• ISBN_10: 1628370211
  ISBN_13: 9781628370218
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Biblical Reference / Language Study , Literary Collections / Ancient & Classical , Foreign Language Study / Ancient Languages ,

Description:...

A new critical text for Proverbs drawing from many manuscripts

This first volume of The Hebrew Bible: A Critical Edition series, features a critical text of Proverbs with extensive text-critical introductions and commentaries. This and future HBCE volumes bring together a scholar’s critical decisions into a single text. construct an eclectic text, drawing from many manuscripts or placing entirely variant texts side by side. A common approach for critical editions of other ancient books, including the New Testament, the eclectic approach and scope used in the HBCE is a first of its kind for the Hebrew Bible.

Features:

• Emendations set in context rather than singly and marginally
• Introduction that sets out the method and purpose of the volume
• Extensive list of abbreviations and sigla