Horizons in textual criticism: New approaches and new questions by Screnock, J, Joosten, J

“…On 10–11 May 2017, we convened a colloquium, “Horizons in Textual Criticism,” at the University of Oxford. The colloquium brought together an international cohort of text-critics, in conversation on new methodologies and perspectives in textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible and related texts. …”

Origen's parallel bible: textual criticism, apologetics, or exegesis? by Law, T

Textual criticism, translation studies, and Symmachus’s version in the Book of Job by Salvesen, A

“…This offers the possibility of identifying elements significant for textual criticism in his rendering, including variant reading traditions or a different consonantal text.…”

From restorer to editor: the evolution of Lewis Theobald's textual critical practice by Watson, C

“…Lewis Theobald made his name as a Shakespearean textual critic in 1726 with Shakespeare Restored, but it was not until 1733 that his edition of Shakespeare’s plays was published. …”

Perspectives on New Testament textual criticism: Collected essays, 1962-2004 by Gregory, A

A new approach to using the old Greek in Hebrew bible textual criticism by Screnock, J

“…Emanuel Tov’s published methodology for using the Old Greek in textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible has been the gold standard for all such methods. …”

Teaching Latin textual criticism to a new generation: Ralph Hanna, 'Editing Medieval Texts' and Richard J. Tarrant, 'Texts, Editors, and Readers' by Dunning, ANJ

Chapter two: Didymus and lyric by Prodi, EE

“…This chapter reviews the evidence for Didymus' lyric scholarship, then discusses the contents of the On Lyric Poets-whose surviving fragments are concerned with the identification of lyric genres and the etymologies of their names-and the threads that run through his Pindaric exegesis: The compilation and evaluation of earlier scholarship, the use of historiographical evidence, textual criticism, a concern for the constitution of the Pindaric corpus and the contextualization of individual poems, and strategies of literary interpretation such as recourse to recurrent Pindaric themes and the train of thought of a passage.…”

Traditions of learning around the English battle of the books by Cattaneo, M

“…The article further emphasizes how the satirists (Swift especially) were aware of this strand of criticism, and yet how they hid their debt to it in order to portray textual criticism as a whole as a pedantic exercise. The Battle of the Books should therefore not be seen as a straightforward opposition between “supporters of the ancients” and “supporters of the moderns,” but as contention between doctrine and reason.…”

The classic Islamic exegesis of the Qur'an: An approach by Sinai, N

“…Particular attention is paid to ar-Rāzī's adroit usage of various scholarly disciplines, such as textual criticism, philosophical reflection, prophetic tradition, and law.…”

'Why stant this word heere?': Text, gloss, and voice in Hoccleve's 'Remonstrance to Oldcastle' by Griffiths, JE

“…In his attempt to counter Oldcastle’s heretical beliefs, Hoccleve twice counsels against engaged, interpretative reading: first in his praise of the orthodox family who avoid textual criticism of Scripture; second in the famous passage where he advises Oldcastle to read romance rather than the Bible. …”

Lines of succession in an English ballad tradition: the publishing history and textual descent of The Wandering Jew’s chronicle by Bergel, G, Howe, C, Windram, H

“…<p>This paper combines bibliography, book history and traditional textual criticism with phylogenetic analysis in order to infer the publishing history and textual descent of a short printed ballad history of England – <em>The Wandering Jew’s Chronicle</em>. …”

Machine learning for ancient languages: a survey by Sommerschield, T, Assael, Y, Pavlopoulos, J, Stefanak, V, Senior, A, Dyer, C, Bodel, J, Prag, J, Androutsopoulos, I, Freitas, ND

“…To analyze the relevant literature, we introduce a taxonomy of tasks inspired by the steps involved in the study of ancient documents: digitization, restoration, attribution, linguistic analysis, textual criticism, translation, and decipherment. This work offers three major contributions: first, mapping the interdisciplinary field carved out by the synergy between the humanities and machine learning; second, highlighting how active collaboration between specialists from both fields is key to producing impactful and compelling scholarship; third, highlighting promising directions for future work in this field. …”

Sophoclean scholarship as a tool to interpret eighteenth-century England by Ryan, D

“…Offering a sociological context for textual criticism, academic endeavours are interpreted in the light of social change to demonstrate the cultural contingency of the search for ‘true’ texts.…”

Modern manuscripts by Van Hulle, D

“…A current trend that is sometimes overdramatized as “the archival turn” is a result of renewed interest in this discipline, which has a long tradition situated at the intersection between modern book history, bibliography, textual criticism, and scholarly editing. Handwritten documents are called “modern” manuscripts to distinguish them from medieval or even older manuscripts. …”

Notes on the text of Catalepton 10 by Franklinos, TE

“…In attempting to reassess a number of problems in the text of the poem, the textual critic ought largely to be guided by the relationship of Sabinus ille to its model, as it is clear that the author of Catalepton 10 was an incredibly close reader of the Catullan text and sought not only to imitate through parody but also to subvert and deflate his predecessor's poem.…”

Pierre Bayle and Richard Simon: toleration, natural law, and the Old Testament by Hooks, J

“…Bayle’s use of Simon displayed the revolutionary potential of textual critical scholarship in the early modern period, as he adapted Simon’s critical ideas to his own aims of promoting religious toleration within the ecclesiastical and civic spheres of his own confessional context.…”