Moshe Goshen-Gottstein Quotes

Moshe Goshen-Gottstein was a German-born professor of Semitic linguistics and biblical philology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and director of the lexicographical institute and Biblical research institute of Bar-Ilan University. Wikipedia  

✵ 6. September 1925 – 14. September 1991
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Famous Moshe Goshen-Gottstein Quotes

“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.”

Moshe Goshen-Gottstein

Of his analysis of mediaeval Biblical manuscripts.
"Hebrew Biblical Manuscripts" (Biblica, 48 (1967), pp.243-290)

“It may be said, without exaggeration, that there is no other text which is documented by such varied types of sources.”

Moshe Goshen-Gottstein

Of the problems of determining the text of the Bible.
"The Book of Isaiah" (Hebrew University, 1965)

“This period is characterized by a diversity of textual transmissions undreamed of two decades ago.”

Moshe Goshen-Gottstein

Referring to the state of the Bible in Persian times, circa 300BCE.
"Hebrew Biblical Manuscripts" (Biblica, 48 (1967), pp.243-290)

“This identity is neither coincidental nor self-evident.”

Moshe Goshen-Gottstein

Commenting that his reconstruction of the history of text of the Bible agrees with that produced by other methods.
"Hebrew Biblical Manuscripts" (Biblica, 48 (1967), pp.243-290)

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