Archaeology of the Books of Samuel: The Entangling of the Textual and Literary History
- ISBN-10
- 9004179577
- ISBN-13
- 9789004179578
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 301
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Authors
- Philippe Hugo, Adrian Schenker
Description
Considering the literary dimension of the earliest text history of Samuel, this volume asks the question if the comparative analysis of the textual witnesses permit proving the existence of distinct literary editions and identifying the ideological motives that governed the possible modification of the text.
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