Ancient Bible Publishers
The TAB-PUB project investigates the variant literary editions behind the ancient textual forms of the Hebrew Bible, with a special focus on the Book of Kings. Combining textual and literary-critical analysis with digital humanities, it models textual witnesses, variant readings, editorial interventions, and reconstructed literary editions as interconnected research objects.
Behind TAB-PUB is a collaborative research team led by Attila Bodor, PhD. The team brings together doctoral students, student assistants, collaborators, and advisors with expertise in biblical studies, Hebrew studies, Classics, religious studies, and digital research methods.
Map Textual Plurality
Identify major divergences among the ancient witnesses to the Book of Kings and assess how they reveal editorial activity in the transmission of scriptural traditions.
Analyse Editorial Strategies
Examine additions, omissions, rearrangements, and reinterpretations as scribal strategies for reshaping inherited traditions into new authoritative literary forms.
Reconstruct Textual Development
Reassess the development of the Book of Kings by situating its variant editions within the broader history of ancient biblical transmission.
Model Textual Data
Represent witnesses, variants, editorial interventions, and reconstructed editions as interconnected research objects through structured data and graph-database modelling.
Code & Documentation
The forthcoming TAB-PUB GitHub repository will provide access to selected technical materials related to the project.
- From Variants to Editions: Identifying and Tracing Variant Literary Editions in the Hebrew BibleFORTHCOMING. Presenter: Bodor, Attila. Event: European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS) Annual Conference, 20–23 July 2026. Location: Leuven, Belgium.
- Variant Literary Editions of Numbers: Extra-Masoretic Additions in the Samaritan Pentateuch and the Syro-HexaplaFORTHCOMING. Presenter: Bodor, Attila. Event: 18th International Meeting of the Catholic Biblical Association, 19 July 2026. Location: Maryland, Baltimore, USA (Virtual participation).
- A Királyok könyvének szövegkritikai újdonságai a görög és latin bibliafordítások tükrébenPresenter: Bodor, Attila. Event: 16th Hungarian Conference of Classical Studies, 21 May 2026. Location: Budapest, Hungary.
- Ethics in Transition: The Peshitta’s Reinterpretation of Hebrew Bible ValuesFORTHCOMING. Author: Bodor, Attila. In: Exploring Theology and Ethics in Ancient Bible Translations, ed. Bryan Beeckman, Martijn Jaspers, Maximilian Häberlein. Leuven: Peeters, 2006 (In press).