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> On Sat, 27 Apr 1996 cook@maties.sun.ac.za wrote:
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> > I think OT TC must adjust to NT and for that matter Septuagintal
> methodology!
> > The time is ripe to reconstruct an OT critical text! I argued it in the
> > Festschrift for FC Fensham in 1986.
> >
> > Johann Cook
>
> Unfortunately, our library has not yet received this volume. Would you be
> so kind as to elucidate this for us? This sounds like a fruitful line of
> discussion because (1) we can get some good discussion about the different
> needs and approaches between OT and NT text critical methodology and (2)
> we'll actually be getting some OT text critical talk going here. (I know
> I shouldn't complain, and that if I'm so curious, I should be starting
> threads myself...)
>
> Anyway, I'd appreciate hearing more about this.
>
>
> andrew gross
>
> Dear Andrew
>
> Three recent developments prompt rethinking of textcritical projects.
> First the whole array of new exegetical tools, not least the CATSS data
> base, which makes available Hebrew and Greek textual materials. In the same
> vein the availability of the Dead Sea materials can be mentioned. At least
> the material is available in microfiche format. It is also true that there
> has been a boom of publications of scrolls over the past 5 years (cf. my
> article in BibOr 1/2 1995, 24-35).
>
>
> The second concerns textual theory where much fruitful reflection has been
> going on of lately. The Jerusalem school (Talmon, Tov etc.) has demonstrated
> that the multiple text concept is applicable. It is just not possible to fit
> texts into hypothetical "procrustus beds". This theory is helpful as it
> takes the reality of "textual variety" serious. This reality has been
> demonstrated again by the Dead Sea scrolls.
>
> A prominent development is the refinement of methodology in respect of the
> use of the versions in the textual criticism. The Goettingen Septuagint
> edition is advancing steadily. The problematic Samuel books are currently
> being prepared by prof. Aejmeleaus, director of the Septuaginta Unternehmen.
> One of the most important developments in Septuagint studies has been the
> theoretical work being done re the translation technique followed by
> individual translators. This facet is currently treated differently than
> previously. There is a growing conciousness that the versions (especially the
> LXX) can be of determinitive importance for TC. However, a methodologically
> sound approach is a sine qua non. First and foremost is the acceptance of the
> fact that it (LXX) is to be read as a work in its own right, and that it is
> the first commentary on the Hebrew Bible. The "holistic" approach inter
> alia by Sanders and Van der Kooij is useful in this regard.
>
> These aspects also have to do with the translation technique followed in
> translation units. In this regard James Adair, who did some theoretical work
> in Stellenbosch on textual criticism, has written an excellent article in
> JNSL 20/2 (1994), 111-142 on the use of the versions in the TC of the OT. I
> propose this contribution be read as basis for further discussion.
>
> In the final analysis it does naturally depend on what the textcritic sets
> out to aim at. I am of the opinion that "original texts" should be
> reconstructed. The book by my colleague, FE Deist, Witnesses to the OT (pp.
> 1-9 and 81-83) is instructive in this regard. This applies also to the
> excellent works by Tov, especially his volume on Textual Criticism.
>
> In short the time in my opinion is right for novel approaches to TC of the
> OT. Interestingly enough prof. Pisano, one of the editors of the new BH
> Quinta, said, as an answer to my question in Cambridge 1995 whether the time
> has not come for reconstructing, that the new project actually acts as
> intermediate stage towards reconstructing!!
>
> Let's start "reconstructing"!
>
> Johann Cook
> Dept of Ancient Near Eastern Studies
>
> University of Stellenbosch
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