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Hebrew - Textual Guides

This series guides readers through text-critical issues in the Hebrew text for various books of the Bible. Each volume is classified individually by book of the Bible

Example:

Esther: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text by John Screnock; Robert D. Holmstedt
Call Number: BS 1375.52 .S433 2015

UBS Helps for Translators Series

The United Bible Society published many substantive individual volumes on translation issues in books of the Bible. Some of these editions are older, but still reliable. Use the link above to browse titles in the series.

Example:

A Handbook on Proverbs by William D. Reyburn; Euan M. Fry
Call Number: BS 1465.5 .R457 2000

Redaction/Source Criticism

The Bible with Sources Revealed by Richard Elliott Friedman
Call Number: BS 1223 .F911 2003
This book codes the Pentateuch by source according to the traditional documentary hypothesis, JEDP theory.
The Composition of the Pentateuch by Joel S. Baden
Call Number: BS 1225.52 .B134 2012
Baden's work has revitalized interest in the documentary hypothesis as an approach to Pentateuchal studies. (also available as an eBook)
Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible by Karel Van Der Toorn
Call Number: BS1130 .T672 2007
(also available as an eBook)

Finding Aid:

Call # Ranges:

BS 1181 (Documentary Hypothesis)
BS 1181.17 - 1181.6 (J, E, D, P Documents)
BS 1182.4 (Redaction Criticism, Old Testament)

Subject Headings:

Journal Articles:

Redaction / Source Criticism Journal Articles
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Documentary Hypothesis Journal Articles
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