Israel's restoration : a textual-comparative exploration of Ezekiel 36-39 / / by Ashley S. Crane.

• Superior document: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, v. 122
• Author: Crane, Ashley S.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; v. 122.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Textual-comparative exploration of Ezekiel 36-39; Preliminary Material /; Chapter One. A Textual-Comparative Methodology /; Chapter Two. Mt And LXX In Comparison /; Chapter Three. The Text Of Ezekiel 36 /; Chapter Four. The Text Of Ezekiel 37 /; Chapter Five. The Text Of Ezekiel 38 /; Chapter Six. The Text Of Ezekiel 39 /; Chapter Seven. Papyrus 967 /; Chapter Eight. Overall Conclusions /; Bibliography /; Textual Index /; Author Index /; Subject Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-289) and indexes.
• ISBN: 1282602233; 9786612602238; 9047442717
• ISSN: 0083-5889
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Ashley S. Crane.

Commentators traditionally use a textual-critical methodology in examining Hebrew and Greek manuscripts to establish an ‘original’ reading, frequently attributing other variants to scribal error. This book proposes a complementary-textual comparative methodology that treats each Hebrew and/or Greek manuscript with equal value, listening to each voice as a possible interpretive trajectory. This methodology is applied to the restoration of Israel in Ezekiel 36-39, initially on a micro level examining each verse for intra-linguistic and trans-linguistic variants, frequently finding exegetical reasons for variants. The macro application compares Papyrus 967 with extant manuscripts, finding the different chapter order and pericope minus (36:23c-38) due to theological reasons. This comparative methodology can be used with any study dealing with different manuscripts and versions.