ISSN 1089-7747
TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism is an electronic
journal dedicated to the study of the Jewish and Christian biblical texts.
Articles on any aspect of the textual criticism of the Jewish and
Christian scriptures (including extracanonical and related literature) are
welcome, and contributions that transcend the traditional boundary between
textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and New Testament
textual criticism are especially encouraged. We would also like to see
articles that discuss the relationship between textual criticism and other
disciplines.
TC publishes standard scholarly articles (both full-length articles and shorter notes are equally welcome), project reports, and book reviews. In addition, as it develops, the TC home page will provide links to additional resources of interest to biblical textual critics, including text-critical projects, original language texts, interactive interfaces to provide information about sigla used in different editions, and links to other sites of interest. You can now read TC articles in the scripts of the original languages! Click here for more information. TC is a member of the Association of Peer-Reviewed Electronic Journals in Religion.
TC 1 (1996), TC 2 (1997), TC 3 (1998), TC 4 (1999), TC 5 (2000), TC 6 (2001), and TC 7 (2002) are now complete. The current issue is TC 8 (2003).
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The University of Leiden is offering an online course in Textual History and Textual Criticism. Go to http://www.leiden.edu/index.php3?m=7&c=620 for more information.
TC articles are copyrighted and must be treated like any other published articles. They cannot be copied, duplicated, or reproduced by any means without prior written authorization from the General Editor. They may, of course, be cited for scholarly purposes according to the following format (for a footnote):
James R. Adair, Jr., "Old and New in Textual Criticism: Similarities, Differences, and Prospects for Cooperation," TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism [http://purl.org/TC] 1 (1996): pars. 3-5.
The portion of the citation inside the square brackets (i.e., the URL)
is optional, but, if included, should retain the square brackets. The
numeral that follows the URL is the volume number. A volume is defined as
all the articles that appear in a given calendar year. Thus, all articles
appearing in 1996 will be in volume 1 of TC. Note that the location
within an article is specified in terms of paragraphs (which are
numbered), not pages. Paragraphs of book reviews will also be numbered,
although most citations of reviews will not need to include paragraph
references.
Submissions to TC
All submissions of articles and project reports, as well as general inquiries, should be sent to the General Editor in electronic form (preferably Word, WordPerfect, ASCII, or SGML/TEILite format). Submissions may be sent directly to the General Editor or they may be mailed on diskette (DOS/Windows or Macintosh) to the following address:
James R. Adair TC: A Journal of Biblical Textual Criticism Religion and Technology Center 5385 Five Forks Trickum Rd., Suite 202 Stone Mountain, GA 30087 USA
Paper copies of articles may also be submitted, providing that they accompany an electronic copy of the same article. Although the primary language of the journal is English, submissions in German, French, or Spanish are also welcome. Other languages will also be considered.
Book reviews should be submitted to Leonard Greenspoon, the TC book review editor. As with other articles, book reviews must be submitted electronically in an acceptable format. Books for review should be sent to the following address:
Leonard Greenspoon Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization Creighton University Omaha, NE 68178 USA
Everyone submitting an article should first read the TC Instructions for Contributors.
Encoding Non-Roman Characters
It is now possible to view non-Roman characters on the Web! For more information, see TC Note 2. The display of non-Roman characters is currently a solution only supported by Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer, so several options remain for submitting articles to TC that contain non-Roman characters.
TC articles are abstracted in Religious and Theological Abstracts and in Elenchus Bibliographicus of Ephemerides Theologicae Lovaniensis.
The journal is archived as part of the Center for Research Libraries'
Electronic Journals Collection. The CRL is an academic consortium of
162 libraries in the United States and Canada.
Peer Review
All submissions are subject to a peer-review process by the TC Editorial Board.
In addition, these people are serving or have served as academic referees:
The tc-list is a scholarly discussion list of biblical textual criticism.
Information about the list may be found
here.
The Society of Biblical Literature has created a new book series,
Text-Critical Studies, devoted to the study of biblical textual criticism.
For a description of this series and information on submitting manuscript
proposals, see the TCS information page.
In addition to articles, short notes, and reviews, TC will also be the home
of various text-critical projects. The first of these, which is in its
initial stages, is the TC Bibliography
Project. All subscribers to the TC List are welcome to participate
and to suggest other projects.
Click here to see TC Links: Other Sites
Dealing with Textual Criticism
TC was awarded a 1998 Society
of Biblical Literature Technology Grant. This grant was used to
improve the TC Web site, especially the ECanon, which
will be modified in the future
so that it displays biblical texts in the original scripts. As these
improvements become available, more details will be given.
In 2002 the Religion and Technology Center, which hosts TC, was awarded
another Society
of Biblical Literature Technology Grant. This grant is being used for the
Biblical Manuscripts Project, a project
to digitize some of the most important biblical manuscripts in both image and
text formats and make them available online without charge.
The idea to create an electronic journal of textual criticism was first
conceived in 1994, and my early inquiries regarding the possibility of
such a project were met (for the most part) with encouragement. I am
particularly grateful for the support of Harry Gilmer, director of
Scholars Press, and Kent Richards, executive director of the Society of
Biblical Literature. I received valuable advice from Charles Prebish,
editor of the electronic Journal of Buddhist Ethics. When I first began
recruiting editors, I received many gracious responses, even from people
who for one reason or another were unable to participate personally. Bart
Ehrman and Johann Cook were particularly helpful in identifying for me the
names and e-mail addresses of potential editors. As the project
progressed, Leonard Greenspoon volunteered to be the book review editor,
relieving me of the additional work involved in that task. Finally, in
addition to the advice and help rendered by my technical editors Patrick
Durusau and Tim Finney (now managing editor of TC), John Wagner, a
programmer at Scholars Press (now at ITS Golem), has also provided
valuable technical assistance to the project.
TC is featured on the following pages:
Text-Critical Studies
TC Projects
TC Links
SBL Technology Grants
Acknowledgements
James R. Adair, Jr.
General Editor
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