The Text of Genesis 1-11: Textual Studies and Critical Edition

From: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly | Date: October 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

RONALD S. HENDEL, The Text of Genesis 1-11: Textual Studies and Critical Edition (New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998). Pp. xvi + 168. Paper $29.95.

Theologians and scholars have studied Genesis 1 -11 ad infinitum. They have struggled with textual problems in the masoretic text, including changes in the form of the divine name. Hendel has now written the definitive text-critical analysis of Genesis 1-11 and has given us a critical text. No serious student of the Hebrew Bible doubts the necessity for textual criticism to establish the text being studied. Recent publication of ...

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