Open AccessIs die Massoretiese teks die Ou Testament?
Author(s) -
Ferdinand Deist
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
verbum et ecclesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.386
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2074-7705
pISSN - 1609-9982
DOI - 10.4102/ve.v10i1.994
Subject(s) - old testament , philosophy , theology , hebrew bible , textual criticism , biblical theology , new testament , criticism , literature , biblical studies , art
Is the Massoretic text the Old Testament? The equation of the Old Testament with the Massoretic text resulted from, inter alia, the Reformations sola scriptura principle and the orthodox view of verbal inspiration, and led to a definition of textual criticism as text restoration. Text-critical research of the past two decades suggests, however, that this equation may be a short circuit. The term Old Testament" refers to a theological concept, not a text, and the Old Testament is something different from the Hebrew Bible. Therefore, a great deal of rethinking is called for in Old Testament studies