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Nov 16, 2024 | 
oldtestamenttextualcriticism.blogspot.com | Drew Longacre
Vince Beiler has put his Cambridge Ph.D. dissertation online for download. I got to know Vince recently in Cambridge, and he has been very generous with his time and sharing his expertise and resources on the Firkovich collections in St. Petersburg. These collections are fascinating and rich, yet hardly touched by modern scholars. There are sections of many different codices there, often as old and important as the Aleppo and Leningrad codices, but almost entirely unstudied.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
oldtestamenttextualcriticism.blogspot.com | Drew Longacre
In case you haven't seen it yet, we have started posting updates about our progress on the Critical Edition of the Hebrew Psalter website blog. Not only will this be the first digital and eclectic critical edition of the Hebrew Psalms, but we are also piloting a crowdsourcing campaign that is yielding wonderful results.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
oldtestamenttextualcriticism.blogspot.com | Drew Longacre
Andrew Case has begun a multi-part video series introducing the issues and sources for the text of the Hebrew Bible. The parts I've seen are well-researched, balanced, and beautifully produced. So if you're looking for a nice introduction to the field, especially for lay audiences, check it out!• Part 1 - Can You Trust the Hebrew Bible? Textual Criticism
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
oldtestamenttextualcriticism.blogspot.com | Drew Longacre
I had the privilege of being interviewed on Andrew Case's podcast about the HBCE Psalms edition, digital and eclectic editions, and textual criticism of the Psalms.
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May 30, 2024 | 
oldtestamenttextualcriticism.blogspot.com | Drew Longacre
I just saw the Manuscripta Bibliae Hebraicae project has a nice website up.
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May 3, 2024 | 
oldtestamenttextualcriticism.blogspot.com | Drew Longacre
The Hebrew Bible: A Critical Edition (HBCE) Psalms 1-50 project aims to produce the first born-digital critical edition of the Hebrew text of Psalms 1-50 (including ancient translations), as well as the first eclectic critical edition of these Hebrew poems. The digital edition will also be used to produce the standard printed HBCE volume.
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Mar 7, 2024 | 
oldtestamenttextualcriticism.blogspot.com | Drew Longacre
The video recordings of presentations from the Perceptions of Writing in Papyri conference are now available online. This is a great overview of current work on how digital tools have impacted the study of ancient manuscripts. HT Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello
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Feb 5, 2024 | 
oldtestamenttextualcriticism.blogspot.com | Drew Longacre
Ben Kantor has a useful article/video on the pronunciation of the name Jesus/Yeshua in Greek and Hebrew/Aramaic sources in the time of Jesus. This is a helpful resource for those confused by the pseudo-scientific discussions of Jesus's name that are abundant on the internet.
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Jan 18, 2024 | 
oldtestamenttextualcriticism.blogspot.com | Drew Longacre
Today I was reading Isaiah 9:6 (Eng. v. 7) with some colleagues and came across a textual variant I had never noticed before. 5 וַיִּקְרָ֨א שְׁמ֜וֹ פֶּ֠לֶא יוֹעֵץ֙ אֵ֣ל גִּבּ֔וֹר אֲבִיעַ֖ד שַׂר־שָׁלֽוֹם׃6לַם רַבָּה הַמִּשְׂרָ֜ה וּלְשָׁל֣וֹם אֵֽין־קֵ֗ץ and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7His authority shall grow continually, and there shall be endless peace (NRSV)In the Aleppo and Leningrad codices, the second letter of v.
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Dec 16, 2023 | 
oldtestamenttextualcriticism.blogspot.com | Drew Longacre
De Gruyter has published a new edited volume on manuscript bindings in comparative perspective. Bausi, Alessandro and Friedrich, Michael, eds. Tied and Bound: A Comparative View on Manuscript Binding, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111292069Abstract:The present volume contains twelve chapters authored by specialists of Asian, African and European manuscript cultures reflecting on the cohesion of written artefacts, particularly manuscripts.
