Textual Criticism and Sacred Texts

Informationen zum Autor Signe Cohen is associate professor of Asian Religions at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Klappentext Textual criticism is vital to scholars of ancient sacred texts, whether they are studying the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, the Qur'an, or the scriptures of Hinduism, Buddhism, or Taoism. This book compares and contrasts the methodologies in different subfields and proposes a common ground for future textual scholarship. Zusammenfassung Textual criticism is vital to scholars of ancient sacred texts, whether they are studying the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, the Qur’an, or the scriptures of Hinduism, Buddhism, or Taoism. This book compares and contrasts the methodologies in different subfields and proposes a common ground for future textual scholarship. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: What is Textual Criticism? Chapter One: The Lachmannian Method, Criticisms, Refinements, and Alternatives Chapter Two: Textual Criticism of Sacred Texts: The State of the Scholarship Chapter Three: Textual Criticism and Oral Texts Chapter Four: Translations, Commentaries, and Textual Criticism Chapter Five: Textual Criticism and Religion: Towards an Ethics of Textual Criticism of Sacred Texts Chapter Six: Computer-Aided Textual Criticism and the Religious Text Conclusion: Towards a Comparative Textual Criticism Bibliography About the Author

Product details

• Authors: Signe Cohen, Cohen Signe
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2023
• EAN: 9781666901603
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-160-3
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Christianity, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Criticism & Exegesis Of Sacred Texts