TY - BOOK AU - Ulrich, Eugene, TI - The Dead Sea scrolls and the origins of the Bible SN - 0802846114 AV - BM487 .U47 1999 PY - 1999/// CY - Grand Rapids, Mich. : PB - Eerdmans KW - Dead Sea scrolls KW - Bible. O.T. KW - Crticism, interpretation, etc KW - Bible. O.T. Greek KW - Versions KW - Septuagint KW - Bible. O.T. Latin KW - Old Latin N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; pt. 1. The scroll and the Hebrew Bible -- pt. 2. The scrolls, the septuagint, and the old Latin. I. The scrolls and the Hebrew Bible -- The community of Israel and the composition of the Scriptures -- The Bible in the making: the scriptures at Qumran -- Double literary editions of Biblical narratives and reflections on determining the form to be translated -- The canonical process, textual criticism, and latter stages in the composition of the Bible -- Pluriformity in the Biblical text, text groups, and questions of Canon -- Multiple literary editions: reflections toward a theory of the history of the Biblical text -- The Palaeo-Hebrew Biblical manuscripts from Qumran Cave 4 -- Orthography and text in 4QDan and 4QDan and in the received Masoretic text. II. The scroll, the Septuagint, and the old Latin -- The Septuagint manuscripts from Qumran: A Reappraisal of their value -- Josephus's Biblical Text for the books of Samuel -- Origen's Old Testament text: The transmission history of the Septuagint to the third century C.E. -- The relevance of the Dead Sea Scrolls for Hexaplaric Studies -- The Old Latin Translation of the LXX and the Hebrew scrolls from Qumran -- Characteristics and limitations of the Old Latin Translation of the Septuagint ER -