Textual Criticism and Sacred Texts

Signe Cohen

doi:10.5771/9781666901610

Summary

In Textual Criticism and Sacred Texts, Signe Cohen looks at the text-critical scholarship on sacred texts across disciplines. She traces the development of the genealogical method and discusses its role in textual criticism today. The book examines the applicability of traditional text-critical methods to oral texts as well as the roles of translations and commentaries in textual criticism. Cohen then turns to the under-theorized question of the relationship between religion and text-critical scholarship and outlines ethics of textual criticism applied to religious texts. She then discusses how new digital technologies will change the textual scholarship of the future and proposes new ways that scholars can collaborate across sub-disciplines.

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Edition: 1/2023
Copyright Year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-0160-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-0161-0
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 218
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 20
The Lachmannian Method, Criticisms, Refinements, and Alternatives No access Pages 21 - 48
Textual Criticism of Sacred Texts No access Pages 49 - 84
Textual Criticism and Oral Texts No access Pages 85 - 100
Translations, Commentaries, and Textual Criticism No access Pages 101 - 130
Textual Criticism and Religion No access Pages 131 - 148
Computer-Aided Textual Criticism and the Religious Text No access Pages 149 - 168
Conclusion No access Pages 169 - 176
Bibliography No access Pages 177 - 206
Index No access Pages 207 - 216
About the Author No access Pages 217 - 218