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Textual History of the Bible Online
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- Introduction to the Textual History of the Bible
- Notes to the readers / Abbreviations
- Collective Bibliography
- List of URLs Mentioned in the Articles of THB 3D
- Authors
- Editors
Citing the THB
For citing THB (printed edition) vol. 1 and 2 in another publication, we suggest to include the context of a section (its “path”), e.g.:
[vol. 1:] R. E. Fuller, “9.2.3 Minor Prophets: Ancient Hebrew Texts: Other Texts,” in Textual Hstory of the Bible, vol. 1: The Hebrew Bible, part 1B (gen. ed. A. Lange, vol. eds. A. Lange and E. Tov; Leiden: Brill, 2016), 611–613 [instead of just: R. E. Fuller, “9.2.3 Other Texts,” in ...].
[vol. 2:] T. Michael, “2.1.2 Baruch/Jeremiah: 1 Baruch: Greek,” in Textual History of the Bible, vol. 2: The Deuterocanonical Scriptures, part 2B (gen. ed. A. Lange, vol. eds. F. Feder and M. Henze; Leiden: Brill, 2019), 11–15 [instead of just: T. Michael, “Greek,” in...]
For citation from the online edition use "cite this page" below the article or "export citation" at the top (right column). Here too, you may want to add the context, e.g.:
[vol. 1:] R. E. Fuller, "9.2.3 Minor Prophets: Ancient Hebrew Texts: Other Texts" in Textual History of the Bible, vol. 1: The Hebrew Bible (gen. ed. A. Lange, vol. eds. A. Lange and E. Tov; Leiden: Brill, 2016). Accessed January 5, 2017. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2452-4107_thb_COM_0009020300.
[vol. 2:] T. Michael, “2.1.2 Baruch/Jeremiah: 1 Baruch: Greek” in Textual History of the Bible, vol. 2: The Deuterocanonical Scriptures (gen. ed. A. Lange, vol. eds. F. Feder and M. Henze); Leiden: Brill, 2019), Accessed January 5, 2020. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2452-4107_thb_COM_0202010200>
In volume 1, Emanuel Tov was the responsible editor for the primary versions as well as the Samaritan Pentateuch and the Masoretic text including the corresponding overview articles. Armin Lange had the editorial responsibility for the ancient Hebrew biblical texts, the secondary translations, and for the Biblical text as attested in ancient literature, including their corresponding overview articles. In addition Emanuel Tov was responsible for entries 1.1.1 and 1.2.3 while Armin Lange worked on entries 1.1.2; 1.2.1; 1.2.2; 1.4; 1.7.1 and 1.7.2.
Armin Lange is professor for Second Temple Judaism at the University of Vienna, the Director of Vienna University's Institute for Jewish Studies, a member of the International Team editing the Dead Sea Scrolls, and a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He has published extensively on the Hebrew Bible, its textual criticism, Second Temple Judaism, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Volume Editors
Frank Feder is senior academic researcher and project coordinator of the academy project Complete Digital Edition and Translation of the Coptic-Sahidic Old Testament at the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities. His research focuses on the Coptic translations of the Bible as versions of the Septuagint. He published extensively on the Coptic bible and is the author of Biblia Sahidica Ieremias, Lamentationes (Threni), Epistula Ieremiae et Baruch (DeGruyter, 2002).
Russell Fuller joined the faculty of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego in 1992. He is a professor of biblical studies with a specialty in the area of Hebrew Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls. He is a member of the International Team editing the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Matthias Henze is the Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism at Rice University and the director of Rice's program in Jewish Studies. The focus of his published work is on the Jewish literature composed around the turn of the Common Era.
Marilyn Lundberg is Associate Director of the West Semitic Research Project at the University of Southern California, and Associate Director for Ingest/Cataloguing of the InscriptiFact Project. She is an Affiliate Associate Professor at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena. She has published in the fields of Northwest Semitics, and in digital technology and image distribution.
Mika S. Pajunen is Academy of Finland’s Research Fellow at the University of Helsinki (2020-2025) with his project: “Textual Plurality in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Moving beyond ‘Non-Aligned,’” and a member of three international re-edition projects of the Dead Sea Scrolls (DJD I, III, and V). He has published extensively on Second Temple Judaism and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Emanuel Tov, Hebrew University, Jerusalem is J.L. Magnes Professor of Bible emeritus at that University. He has published many monographs on the textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible and Qumran, and was the editor-in-chief of the Dead Sea Scrolls publication project. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences.
Richard D. Weis (d. 2020) is Dean and Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Bible at Lexington Theological Seminary in Lexington, Kentucky, and is co-chair of the Editorial Committee for Biblia Hebraica Quinta. He has published numerous articles on textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible and the two ancient text forms of the book of Jeremiah. He is preparing the volumes on Jeremiah for Biblia Hebraica Quinta and the Hebrew Bible: A Critical Edition.
Textual History of the Bible Online
Features and benefits of the Textual History of the Bible Online
• Full Text Search and Advanced Search options helping you find any concept you may be looking for.
• Fully cross-referenced.
• Cross-searching with other Brill online products, e.g. the Dead Sea Scrolls Online.
All articles will be published in print and online, where those online but not yet in print may still receive light copy editing.
The Textual History of the Bible Online is also available in print.
Please contact our sales team for more information on prices and licensing.