Moshe Goshen-Gottstein

Moshe Goshen-Gottstein (6 September 1925 – 14 September 1991) was professor of Semitic linguistics and Biblical philology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Sourced "The Book of Isaiah" (Hebrew University, 1965) It may be said, without exaggeration, that there is no other text which is documented by such varied types of sources. Of the problems of determining the text of the Bible. Certain conclusions have forced themselves upon me while studying the sources, and I have not felt constrained to conceal them on account of that over-scrupulousness which is afraid to influence the future users of the edition. "Hebrew Biblical Manuscripts" (Biblica, 48 (1967), pp.243-290) This period is characterized by a diversity of textual transmissions undreamed of two decades ago. Referring to the state of the Bible in Persian times, circa 300BCE. This identity is neither coincidental nor self-evident. Commenting that his reconstruction of the history of text of the Bible agrees with that produced by other methods. To be sure, these witnesses provide an excellent illustration of textual dynamics, and they deepen our knowledge of the development of the Bible text in the technical sense. Of his analysis of mediaeval Biblical manuscripts. External links Category:People from Berlin Category:Jews from Israel Category:Academics from Germany Category:Linguists from Germany Category:Jews from Germany Category:1925 births Category:1991 deaths Category:Authors from Germany