THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL Moshe H. Goshen-Gottstein Shemaryahu ...

Aknowledgements
B. Richler, Director of the Hebrew University’s Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew
Manuscripts, his assistant, Y. Okun, and I. Weiser of the Israel National Library’s photography
and reproduction services for their help and cooperation in providing copies of manuscripts
for collation in the present volume. Special thanks go to O. Lipschitz and
S. Friedman of Simor Ltd. for providing a printout of bibliographical references from their
extensive database.
The present volume was produced on the basis of data-base and formatting programs
developed by G. Marquis, including the cross-platform porting of the material, with the final
typesetting being handled with consummate skill and care by R. Posner of Posner & Sons
Ltd. Special thanks are due to the Magnes Press, its Director, D. Benovicci and his staff, for
their continuous support and assistance in all stages of the volume’s production.
The Hebrew University edition of Ezekiel follows the layout of the preceding volumes of
Isaiah edited M. H. Goshen-Gottstein (Jerusalem: Magnes, 1995), and Jeremiah, edited by
C. Rabin, S. Talmon and E. Tov (Jerusalem: Magnes, 1997). Preparatory work on the edition
of the book of Ezekiel was done by the late M. H. Goshen-Gottstein and his team up to
chapter 31. Their findings were thoroughly revised and completed by S. Talmon and
G. Marquis, together with D. Weissert and S. Assif and the present team. While essentially
in line with the Introduction of the previous volumes, the Introduction to the book of Ezekiel
has been extensively updated. As a result of ongoing discussions of the methodology of the
edition, advances in research and changes in perception, definitions of phenomena were
revised where necessary, and some textual issues pertaining to aspects of the evidence recorded
in the apparatuses have been added.
April 2004
THE EDITORS
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