The Oxford Handbook of Textual Criticism of the Bible

By Tommy Wasserman and Sidnie White Crawford

Oxford Handbook of the Textual Criticism of the Bible provides an overview of the disciplines of textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament as practiced in the twenty-first century. This volume first explores overarching issues like the formation of the Jewish and Christian canons; philosophical presuppositions in the methods and goals of textual criticism; the complex relationship between literary criticism and textual criticism; and how related fields of Book History, New/Material Philology, and paratextual criticism pose challenges and enrich traditional biblical textual criticism. Notably, this handbook features two chapters devoted to the teaching of textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament, respectively.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197581315
• ISBN13: 9780197581315
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 736 Pages