{"product_id":"9789042937369-the-ultimate-and-the-penultimate-text-of-the-book-of-joshua","title":"The Ultimate and the Penultimate Text of the Book of Joshua","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this monograph, differences between the Hebrew and the Greek text of       the Book of Joshua are studied. In chapter 1 the differences in commands       and their executions are analysed, with examples from the story of the       collapse of the wall of Jericho (Josh 6) and the battle against Ai (Josh       8). In chapter 2, examples, like \"all the law that Joshua commanded\"       (e.g. Josh 1:7) and the concept of \"crossing this Jordan,\" are analysed       and explained using the category of \"nomistic alterations.\" Then, the       texts dealing with the concept of \"burning with fire\" (Josh 7) and       \"stoning and hanging (Josh 8:29), and Josh 8:30-35 are studied. In each       of these cases, the final editor of the Hebrew Masoretic Text revised an       older Hebrew text and sought to make sure that the text of the final       version better reflected the laws as given in the book of Deuteronomy.       The problematic variant with regard to “returning to Gilgal” in Josh 10       is studied in chapter 3. In chapter 4, the line of command is studied:       Joshua clearly, albeit rather late in his life, stands in the shadow of       Moses and continues in his line.               In all the chapters, text critical data of the Masoretic Text, the Old       Greek, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Vetus Latina and Josephus are       taken into account, as well as the data from the early Jewish revisers       and the Hexaplaric and the Lucianic revisions. Moreover, the translation       technique of specific passages is studied as well as the literary- and       redactional development of the text.                             After studying all the variants, it is proposed that the Masoretic Text       grosso modo is a further development of the Hebrew text       underlying the Vorlage of the Old Greek text of the book of       Joshua and the editorial strategies by which the penultimate text of the       book of Joshua was transformed into the ultimate Hebrew, Masoretic Text       of the book of Joshua are described.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55170855731574,"sku":"9789042937369","price":86.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_2741883_jpg.jpg?v=1737410514","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9789042937369-the-ultimate-and-the-penultimate-text-of-the-book-of-joshua","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}