Table of Contents 6
Acknowledgements 9
Primary Sources 11
Hebrew and Greek Versions 11
Syriac Versions 11
Armenian 11
Hexapla 12
Patristic 12
Abbreviations and Signs 13
Other References 14
Manuscript Groupings for 3 Kingdoms 15
1 Introduction 16
1.1 The Hexapla and the Syrohexapla 17
1.2 The Present Study 25
1.3 Summary 44
2 Hexaplaric Material Marked Correctly According to Origen’s Stated Principles: Asterisked Material 45
2.1 Material Attested in the Greek Tradition 46
2.2 Material Uniquely Preserved in Syh 104
2.3 Conclusion 115
3 Hexaplaric Material Marked Correctly According to Origen’s Stated Principles: Obelised Material 119
3.1 Obelised Material in Syh Omitted or Marked in the Manuscript Tradition 119
3.2 Material Obelised in Syh, but Neither Omitted Nor Marked in the Manuscript Tradition 149
3.3 Conclusion 178
4 Hexaplaric Material Marked Inaccurately According to Origen’s Stated Principles 180
4.1 Partially Correct Sub + Readings 180
4.2 Partially Correct Sub ÷ Readings 200
4.3 Asterisk Missing from Lemma 218
4.4 Obelus Missing from Lemma 225
4.5 Metobelus Missing from Lemma 228
4.6 Unnecessary Signs 245
4.7 Wrong Signs 253
4.8 Conclusion 255
5 Hexaplaric Material Attributed to the Revisers 256
5.1 Hexaplaric Readings in the Main Text of Syh 257
5.2. Hexaplaric Readings in the Margins of Syh 286
5.3 Conclusion 315
6 Hexaplaric Material Outside of Syh 318
6.1 Signed Readings in the Manuscript Tradition, but not in Syh 319
6.2 Unasterisked Approximations to MT 322
6.3 Conclusion 361
7 Conclusion 363
7.1 Correctly Preserved Asterisked Readings 363
7.2 Correctly Preserved Obelised Readings 363
7.3 Inaccurately Preserved Signed Readings 364
7.4 Attributed Readings 365
7.5 Hexaplaric Material Outside of Syh 365
7.6 Limitations of the Present Study 368
7.7 Prospects for Future Research 369
7.8 Summary 370
Bibliography 372
Index of Passages Discussed in 3 Kingdoms 380