Qumran Cave 4. XI, Psalms to Chronicles / by Eugene Ulrich ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ulrich, Eugene, 1938-

Series:

Discoveries in the Judaean desert ; 16.

Discoveries in the Judaean desert ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dead Sea scrolls--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Dead Sea scrolls.

Bible. Old Testament--Hebrew--Criticism, Textual.

Bible.

Bible. Old Testament.

Criticism, Textual.

Physical Description:

xv, 302 pages, xxxviii pages of plates : facsimiles ; 31 cm.

Other Title:

Psalms to Chronicles

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2000]

Summary:

This volume continues the publication of the series of biblical Dead Sea Scrolls that were discovered in Cave 4 at Qumran. It contains forty-two manuscripts of the Writings or Wisdom Books, from Psalms to Chronicles. These Hebrew texts antedate by a millennium what had previously been considered the earliest surviving biblical manuscripts in the original language. They document a pluriformity that characterized the ancient biblical textual tradition before the text became uniform later in the Rabbinic period. The Book of Psalms was the most widely copied book at Qumran, and the manuscripts display some alternate arrangements.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contains:

Bible. Old Testament. Hebrew. Dead Sea scrolls. Selections. 2000.

ISBN:

0198269439

OCLC:

45711436