New Perspectives on the Textual Character of Codex Vaticanus

A New Chapter in the Textual Criticism of the Septuagint, Especially the Books of Samuel

Abstract

Manuscripts can be studied from different perspectives and for different purposes. On the one hand, manuscripts are artefacts that were produced in a certain place at a certain time and possibly give us a glimpse of that original context. On the other hand, they function as mediators of texts, either unique documents to be studied as sources for historical inquiry or copies of literature that participate in the textual tradition of a certain text.The last-mentioned is my focus in this article, just as it is generally in my research.