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Old Testament Textual Criticism: A Practical Introduction is unavailable, but you can change that!

This accessibly written, practical introduction to Old Testament textual criticism helps students understand the discipline and begin thinking through complex issues for themselves. The authors combine proven expertise in the classroom with cutting-edge work in Hebrew textual studies. The book includes clear discussions of how biblical manuscripts were copied, how manuscripts relate to each other...

and therefore do not need to be considered further. In addition, some apparent variants between versions are due to obligatory language differences. If the translator did not have a choice in how he rendered the text, this is not a true variant. Presented with an actual variant reading, the text critic first considers external criteria. These have to do with the status of the document in which the reading is found. The critic should arrange the readings into groups. For example,
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