Sunday, July 19, 2015

Review of Martín-Contreras and Miralles-Maciá (eds.), The Text of the Hebrew Bible

REVIEWS OF BIBLICAL AND EARLY CHRISTIAN STUDIES: ELVIRA MARTÍN-CONTRERAS, LORENA MIRALLES-MACIÁ, The Text of the Hebrew Bible. From the Rabbis to the Masoretes. Review by Pieter B. Hartog, KU Leuven.
To sum up: this volume is trying to do something novel, as it aims to bridge the gap between the Rabbis and the Masoretes and to develop new approaches to the study of the biblical text in this era. As such, it is generally successful. Its essays raise many intriguing questions, which will no doubt inspire further research and reflection.