Methods > Textual Criticism

Critical Editions

• Biblia Hebraica Quinta and the Making of Critical Editions of the Hebrew Bible - by Richard D. Weis, TC 7 (2002)
• The Hebrew Old Testament Text Project: A Response - by Hans-Peter Rüger, Bible Translator 30 (1979) 333–336
• The Hebrew Old Testament Text Project and the Translator - by Robert G. Bratcher, Bible Translator 30 (1979) 326–332
• The United Bible Societies’ Hebrew Old Testament Text Project - by Clemens Locher, Bible Translator 26 (1975) 346–352

History of the Text

• The Origins of Ketiv-Qere Readings - by Michael Graves, TC 8 (2003)

Introduction and Reference

• General Information about the Text
• The Text of the Old Testament - by F. Buhl, The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, ed. Samuel Macauley Jackson (Funk and Wagnalls, 1908–1912); note: predates knowledge of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Methodology

• From Leaf to Branch to Root: Reconstructing a Manuscript Tree - unsigned article in The Folio 2.3–4 (1982) 1–3
• Old and New in Textual Criticism: Similarities, Differences, and Prospects for Cooperation - by James R. Adair, Jr., TC 1 (1996); full text
• The Study of Textual Criticism - by Allen P. Ross, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University

Theological Aspects

• The Idea of the Sanctity of the Biblical Text and the Science of Textual Criticism - by Menachem Cohen, Bar-Ilan University
• Revelation, Textual Criticism, and Divine Writ - by David Weiss Halivni, Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought 47.2 (1998) 193ff.; Northern Light Special Collections document priced at $2.95

Use in Translation

• Textual Criticism and Old Testament Translation - by William A. Irwin, The Bible Translator 5 (1954) 54–58
• Textual Criticism and the Textual Basis of a Translation of the Old Testament - by Bertil Albrektson, Bible Translator 26 (1975) 314–324
• Textual Emendation in the Old Testament - by W. R. Hutton, The Bible Translator 4 (1953) 13–14, reprinted from The Expository Times (December 1951)
• Translator or Textual Critic? - by G. Ch. Aalders, The Bible Translator 7 (1956) 15–16
• What Do You Translate?—The Problem of Discovering the Original Text of the Old Testament - by Raymond R. Rickards, Bible Translator 27 (1976) 407– 412

See also individual entries on texts of interest in Texts > Tanakh

Book Reviews

• Adair, James R., An Inductive Method for Reconstructing the Biblical Text: Illustrated by an Analysis of 1 Samuel 3 - reviewed by Bernard A. Taylor, TC 7 (2002)
• Goldman, Yohanan A.P., Arie van der Kooij, and Richard D. Weis, eds., Sôfer Mahîr: Essays in Honour of Adrian Schenker (Brill, 2006) - reviewed by Dany Nocquet, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• Tov, Emanuel, Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible (2nd rev. ed; Fortress, 2001) - reviewed by Gus Konkel, Review of Biblical Literature (2002)