Expanding Ezekiel : : the hermeneutics of scribal addition in the ancient text witnesses of the Book of Ezekiel / / Timothy P. Mackie.

• Superior document: Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments ; Band 257
• VerfasserIn: Mackie, Timothy P.,
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen, [Germany] ;, Bristol, Connecticut : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments ; Band 257.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (340 p.)
• Notes: "V&R Academic."

Biographische InformationenTimothy P. Mackie is adjunct Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at the Western Seminary, Portland, Oregon. ReiheForschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments - Band 257

Table of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Body; Acknowledgements; Abstract; Abbreviations; I. Introduction: The Aims and Outline of This Study; II. Identifying Scribal Expansion: The Text of Ezekiel in the MT and OG; 1. Quantitative Differences between MT and OG Ezekiel: The Context of the Current Discussion; 2. The OG as a Textual Witness - Current Perspectives; 2.1 The Translation Character of OG Ezekiel; 2.2 Word-Level Variants and Quantitative Variants; 3. The Original Text of OG Ezekiel:; 3.1 The Textual History and Main Witnesses to OG Ezekiel; 3.2 Multiple Translator Theories

4. The Index of Quantitative Differences: Criteria for Identifying Scribal Expansion4.1 Quantitative Divergences Not Included in the Index; 4.2 Alignment of Textual Witnesses (B-Text: B, 967); 4.3 Translation Technique Criteria; 4.4 Text-Critical Criteria; 4.5 Literary-Critical Criteria; 5. Conclusion; III. Categorizing Scribal Expansion: A Descriptive Typology of Textual Expansions; 1. Clarifying the Typology and Terminology; 1.1 Glosses, Expansions, or Additions?; 2. A Descriptive Typology of Scribal Expansions; 2.1 The Purpose of Scribal Expansion; 2.2 The Source of Scribal Expansions

2.3 Conclusion - A Bi-Level AnalysisIV. Expansions That Focus on the Immediate Co-Text: Explicitation and Elaboration; 1. Scribal Explicitation; 1.1 Clarification of Semantic Ambiguity; 1.2 Clarification of Grammatical Ambiguity; 1.3 Clarification of Syntactic Ambiguity; 1.4 Clarification of Conceptual Incongruities; 1.5 Explicitation of What Is Already Explicit; 2. Expansions that Elaborate; 2.1 Adjectival Intensification; 2.2 Additional Titles/Designations; 2.3 Elaborative Expansions that Mimic the Co-text; 2.4 Elaborative Expansions that Do Not Mimic the Co-text; 3. Conclusions

V. Expansions That Coordinate Multiple Co-texts: Harmonization and Assimilation1. Expansions that Coordinate Multiple Co-texts within Ezekiel; 1.1 Harmonization among the Vision Scenes (Ch. 1, 3, 8, 10, 40, 43); 1.2 Assimilation of Phraseology; 1.3 Assimilation of Related Texts within a Narrative Unit; 2. Expansions that Coordinate Related Texts in Ezekiel and Other Scriptural Books; 2.1 Assimilative Explicitation; 2.2 Assimilative Elaboration; 2.3 Cross-Reference/Allusion; VI. Conclusions and Prospects; 1. Technique and Presentation of Jewish Scribal Interpretation

2. Scribal Expansion in Other Literary Traditions3. The Scope of Scribal Expansion in Ezekiel; 4. Coordinating Scribal Additions and the Emerging Scriptural Collection; Appendices; Appendix I: Index of Scribal Additions; Appendix II: Categorized List of Scribal Additions; Bibliography; Index of Authors; Index of Topics; Index of Biblical References