TY - BOOK AU - W�urthwein,Ernst TI - The text of the Old Testament: an introduction to the Biblia Hebraica SN - 0334016150 (corrected) PY - 1980/// CY - London, Maryknoll PB - SCM Press, Orbis Books KW - Bible KW - Criticism, Textual N1 - The transmission of the text in the original language: Script and writing materials; The Masoretic text; The Samaritan Pentateuch -- The Primary Versions: Preliminary considerations on the versions: The Septuagint; The Aramaic Targums; The Syriac version -- The Other versions: The Old Latin; The Vulgate; The Coptic versions; The Ethiopic version; The Armenian version; The Arabic versions -- Textual Criticism: The aims of textual criticism; Causes of textual corruption; The methods of textual criticism ER -