“To a large extent textual evaluation cannot be bound by any fixed rules. It is an art in the full sense of the word, a faculty which can be developed, guided by intuition based on wide experience.”

—  Emanuel Tov

The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint, 2nd ed. (1997), p.232

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