Chronology and Recensional Development in the Greek Text of Kings

James Donald Shenkel

Published by Harvard University Press 1968

Chronology and Recensional Development in the Greek Text of Kings

James Donald Shenkel

Volume 1 in the series Harvard Semitic Monographs

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674433328

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This first volume in the Harvard Semitic Monographs series challenges many of the standard positions that have long been held concerning the Greek and Hebrew texts of the Books of Kings. The author's personal examination of the Qumran Hebrew manuscripts, published and unpublished, has led to a new understanding of the recensional development of the Greek text. His study contributes significantly to the methodology of modern textual criticism and the evaluation of historical sources in the Old Testament. Examining the parallel development of the Greek text and the Hebrew, the author attributes the chronological discrepancy between the oldest Greek text forms and the Masoretic text to a change from the chronological system found in the Hebrew Vorlagen of the Old Greek and proto-Lucian texts to the newer system of the Masoretic text. The greatest difference between the two systems is found in the period from Omri to Jehu, where the pattern of regional formulae is worked into the narratives concerning Elijah and Elisha. The author concludes that the reason for the change to the newer Masoretic system was the desire to be able, from a chronological viewpoint, to identify Jehoshaphat as the King of Judah in the narrative of the Moabite campaign, an identification that was not possible in the older Greek chronology.

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Shenkel James Donald :

James Shenkel is Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature at Woodstock College, Maryland.

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INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER I. Recensional Development in the Greek Text of Samuel and Kings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
CHAPTER II. Chronologies in the Books of Kings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
CHAPTER III. The Regnal Formula of Jehoshaphat Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
CHAPTER IV. The Reigns from Ahab to Ahaziah (J) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
CHAPTER V. The Chronology of the Prophetic Narratives Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1968
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 151
Keywords: Bible. Kings. Greek -- Criticism, Textual.; Bible. Kings -- Versions.; RELIGION / General

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674433328

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1968
ISBN: 9780674433311