The Formation of the Book of the Twelve: A Study in Text and Canon

From: Journal of Biblical Literature | Date: October 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

The Fornmtion of the Book of the Twelve: A Study in Text and Canon, by Barry Alan Jones. SBLDS 149. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1995. Pp. xiii + 266. $24.95 (paper).

The earliest Hebrew and Greek manuscripts attest to both the unity and the diverse arrangement of the twelve minor prophets. This book of the Twelve has been the subject of numerous studies that have sought to explain its unity through either extensive redactional composition or editorial compilation. Yet all previous studies have focused exclusively on the extant form of the Twelve in the MT; they have not incorporated the ...

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