The Edited Bible : : The Curious History of the Editor in Biblical Criticism / / John Van Seters.

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• VerfasserIn: Van Seters, John,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (448 p.)

There is a generally accepted notion in biblical scholarship that the Bible as we know it today is the product of editing from its earliest stages of composition through to its final, definitive and "canonical" textual form. So persistent has been this idea since the rise of critical study in the seventeenth century and so pervasive has it become in all aspects of biblical study that there is virtually no reflection on the validity of this idea" (from the Introduction). Van Seters proceeds to survey the history of the idea of editing, from its origins in the pre-Hellenistic Greek world, through Classical and Medieval times, into the modern era. He discusses and evaluates the implications of the common acceptance of "editing" and "editors/redactors" and concludes that this strand of scholarship has led to serious misdirection of research in modern times.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Early History of Editing -- 3. Jewish and Christian Scholarship and Standardization of Biblical Texts -- 4. Classical and Biblical Text Editions: Editing in the Age of the Printing Press -- 5. Editing Homer: The Rise of Historical Criticism -- 6. The History of the "Editor" in Biblical Criticism from Simon to Wellhausen -- 7. The History of Redaction in the Twentieth Century: Crisis in Higher Criticism -- 8. Editing the Bible and Textual Criticism -- 9. Editors and the Creation of the Canon -- 10. Summary and Conclusion -- Appendix: Original Text of Translated Excerpts -- Indexes