OT Text Critical Resource Suggestions

Hello!

I would like to ask some help from some of you more academia minded folks on how to create and OT Text Critical layout. I currently have a layout that works great for my needs for NT Text Critical studies, but I don't seem to have many valuable resources for the OT. It's worth noting, I'm not a textual critic, so I'm looking for resources that bridge the gap between popular and academic.

As an example, my NT layout looks like this:

Essentially, a couple English translations on top, and a couple Greek texts on bottom. I usually have the corresponding apparatus opened in that panel as well, though I don't know why they're not in there now.

My second panel includes: Passage guide, Textual Variants guide, a few textual commentaries, NET Notes, Lexham Textual Notes on the Bible, Metzger's Textual Commentary, and Comfort's textual commentary.

I also have the UBS Handbook open in a panel next to it.

I probably get the most use out of Metzger's and Comfort's commentaries, the UBS handbooks, and LTNB, which should give a pretty good idea as to the type of resources I'm looking for.

Do resources exist pertaining to the OT that are similar to these resources or that I can use in a similar way? Or do I have a fundamental misunderstanding of OT text criticism? Also, as an aside, I'm looking for a way to be able to cross-reference the text that is contained in LXX but not MT, but I doubt I'll be able to find an easy way to do that in the same layout.

Thanks to anyone that is able to take the time and help me out.

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DMB

Layouts are always user specific! Mine for the OT is below (probably far more than you want!). Features specific to the OT:

- Masorah Cited By tool to match up the hebrew masorah

- LXX section (as you probably already considered)

- Qumran Biblical

- Inclusion of the Targums, as well as the Peshitta for readings comparisons

- Church Fathers usage (Cited By panel)

- Clause visualizations

- Pseudepigrapha linkages

- Available apparatus (especially Quinta and Gottengen, which have spotty coverage)

DMB

Do resources exist pertaining to the OT that are similar to these resources or that I can use in a similar way? Or do I have a fundamental misunderstanding of OT text criticism?

Your understanding is correct. But OT criticism tends to be in commentaries, and especially journal articles (very specific!). To illustrate, I keep my commentaries on a separate window from the OT window (below). I also keep a search-journals in a separate window.

Doc B

Just for comparison/idea purposes, here are a couple TC layouts I use regularly. The first is used to prep my TC Study Bible, which is simply a set of notebooks that provide markers with popups in my bible texts where TVs exist. The panes, L-R, are the Notes file, then (top row) two apparati plus a four-tab pane with the ESV, KJV, THGNT, and Majority text (and I sometimes add NA28 or RP to these tabs), then (bottom row) Comfort, Omansen, and Metzger (which come and go as needed).

The second is the layout I use to study inside Logos, looking up TC stuff in more detail, etc. This layout is a little more complex; I have the NET bible plus notes, a Notes pane, the ESV, then a pane with multiple tabs with various GNTs, plus a GNT alone in a separate pane for receiving hyperlinks.

I am not proficient with Hebrew so I'm of no help with the OT TC stuff.

Here is what my bible text looks like with my TC notes. The double-cross icon (top arrow) indicates a TC note is available, and the "TV" with the underline (lower two arrows) is a highlight showing exactly where the affected text is.

The popup note (appears when hovering over the double-cross, indicated by the arrow) has information on the Greek manuscripts that read a certain variant (i.e., Westcott-Hort, Nestle-Aland/UBS, TR, Tregelles, etc.); it also indicates which English translations follow that variant (i.e., NRSV, KJV, ESV, etc.) and finally lists prominent documents with the reading (i.e., Alexandrinus, Sinaiticus, P45, miniscules, etc.).

Frank Hodges

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1279692#Comment_1279692

Thanks a ton DMB. This gives me a great amount of resources I can check out. At first glance, it seems I own a good bit of these

Frank Hodges

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1279694#Comment_1279694

The double-cross icon (top arrow) indicates a TC note is available, and the "TV" with the underline (lower two arrows) is a highlight showing exactly where the affected text is.

I'm going to have to use this

I really like that method. My TC notes are a hodgepodge of unorganized notes with snippets from various places. This is very similar to the method I use for my scripture notes and sermon notes, I never considered to use them for TC notes. Thanks a ton Doc