A critical edition of the Samaritan Pentateuch is one of the most urgent desiderata of Hebrew Bible research. The present volume on Leviticus is the first out of a series of five meant to fill this gap. The text from the oldest mss. of SP is continuously accompanied by comparative readings, gathered from the Samaritan Targum and the oral reading, as well as MT, the DSS, and the LXX, creating an indispensable resource for Biblical research.
About the Author :
Stefan Schorch, Martin-Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.
Stefan Schorch, Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg.
Review :
Derrière ce jargon technique, les spécialistes de la critique textuelle et les exégètes du Pentateuque n'auront aucun mal à comprendre le cadeau qui, via cet ouvrage, leur est offert.
D. Luciani in: Nouvelle revue théologique 141/2 (2019), 313-314
This new edition of the Samaritan Pentateuch (SP) is a major contribution to biblical studies. For the first time readers have access to the SP with full apparatuses documenting the SP's text, the distribution of readings, and the particulars of the Samaritan manuscript tradition. [...] Through this edition we now can peruse ehe SP wich its roots in the Qumran texts and with its connections to parallel texts outside the SP. Most of all, it shows the Samaritans' Holy Script in its Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic traditions. This Editio Maior is a superb instrument for everyone to become acquainted with the fascinating world of the Samaritan Pentateuch.
Magnar Kartveit in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 144.10 (2019), 999-1001
The new volume on Leviticus is one of the most important contributions to textual criticism of the Pentateuch in recent years, with great significance for Samaritan studies as well. It will surely become a reference work for all scholars
working in those fields and will stimulate research. We are all deeply grateful for the fine work already done by Schorch and his team, and we eagerly anticipate the publication of the other volumes in the series. Leonardo Pessoa Da Silva Pinto in: Biblica, 2019, Vol. 100, Iss. 2, 293-295
The authors are to be congratulated on this enormous achievement that is a veritable blessing for all those who use SP in their research. Emanuel Tov in: Biblische Notizen. Neue Folge, 2020, Nr. 185, 142-143
