TY  - BOOK
AU  - W�urthwein,Ernst
TI  - The text of the Old Testament: an introduction to Kittel-Kahle's Biblia Hebraica 
AV  - BS1185 .W87 1957
U1  - 220.144 
PY  - 1957///
CY  - New York
PB  - Macmillan
KW  - Bible
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - Criticism, Textual
KW  - Manuscripts, Hebrew
KW  - fast
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - "This translation has been made from the author's revision of his Der Text des Alten Testaments (1952)."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-173); Transmission of the text in the original language: -- Script and writing materials -- The masoretic text -- The Samaritan Pentateuch --; Translations from the original language: -- General matters concerning the versions -- The Septuagint -- The Aramaic targums -- The Syriac translations (Peshitta) --; The remaining translations: -- The old Latin -- The Vulgate -- The Coptic translations -- The Ethiopic translation -- The Armenian translation -- The Arabic translations --; Textual criticism: -- The aims of textual criticism -- Causes of textual corruption -- The methods of textual criticism
N2  - "This book is a kind of illustrated supplement to the great Kittel-Kahle Biblia Hebraica."--Book jacket
ER  -