Articles in this volume include: Michael V Fox – The alpha text of the Greek Esther Jan Joosten – The Old Testament Quotations in the Old Syriac and Peshitta Gospels Stephen A Reed – A puzzling Masoretic note in Joshua 21:35 Claude Cox – Vocabulary for Wrongdoing and Forgiveness in the Greek Translations of Job A Graeme Auld – The cities in Joshua 21: The contribution of textual criticism Isaac L Seeligmann – problems and perspectives in Modern Septuagint Research

Articles in this volume of Textus include: Lea Mazor – The Origin and Evolution of the Curse upon the Rebuilder of Jericho – A contribution of textual criticism to Biblical Historiography E Talstra – AJC Verheij – Comparing Samuel/Kings and Chronicles-The Computer assisted production of an Analytical synoptic database James C Vanderkam – Jubilees and Hebrew texts of Genesis-Exodus Jan Joosten – The use of some particles in the Old Testament Peshitta

Articles in this volume of Textus include: James Barr – Doubts about Homoeophony in the Septuagint Nechama Leiter – Assimilation and Dissimilation techniques in the LXX of the Book of Balaam