The History of the Biblical Text in the Light of Discoveries in the Judean Desert

@article{Cross1964TheHO,
  title={The History of the Biblical Text in the Light of Discoveries in the Judean Desert},
  author={Frank Moore Cross},
  journal={Harvard Theological Review},
  year={1964},
  volume={57},
  pages={281-299}
}
  • F. Cross
  • Published 1964
  • History
  • Harvard Theological Review
The publication in January, 1953, of fragments of an unknown recension of the Greek Bible gave the first unambiguous warnings of a revolution to come in the textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible. Earlier the publication of the great Isaiah scroll of Qumrân, Cave I (IQ Isa a ), and later of the second fragmentary roll of Isaiah (IQ Isa b ), created noise and excitement, but none of the major text-critical schools was forced to shift significant ground. Champions of the Hebraica veritas who had… Expand
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