Snapshots of Evolving Traditions: Jewish and Christian Manuscript Culture, Textual Fluidity, and New Philology

• Other Authors: Ingeborg Lied, Liv (Editor), Lundhaug, Hugo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter 2017
• Subjects: The Early Church; Judaism; Judaism: sacred texts; Ancient religions & mythologies; New Philology; textual fluidity; manuscript culture; exegesis
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Eschewing the search for the hypothetical original, this volume of essays places manuscripts and manuscript culture center stage and provides new readings of texts from various Christian and Jewish traditions in their manuscript contexts. With emphasis on method, the book takes materiality and manus...