Textual criticism is vital to scholars of ancient sacred texts, whether they are studying the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, the Qur'an, or the scriptures of Hinduism, Buddhism, or Taoism. This book compares and contrasts the methodologies in different subfields and proposes a common ground for future textual scholarship.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction: What is Textual Criticism?
Chapter One: The Lachmannian Method, Criticisms, Refinements, and Alternatives
Chapter Two: Textual Criticism of Sacred Texts: The State of the Scholarship
Chapter Three: Textual Criticism and Oral Texts
Chapter Four: Translations, Commentaries, and Textual Criticism
Chapter Five: Textual Criticism and Religion: Towards an Ethics of Textual Criticism of Sacred Texts
Chapter Six: Computer-Aided Textual Criticism and the Religious Text
Conclusion: Towards a Comparative Textual Criticism
