The Scrolls and biblical tradition : proceedings of the seventh meeting of the IOQS in Helsinki / edited by George J. Brooke ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Organization for Qumran Studies. Meeting (7th : 2010 : Helsinki, Finland)

Contributor:

Brooke, George J.

Series:

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 103.

Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, 0169-9962 ; v. 103

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dead Sea scrolls--Congresses.

Dead Sea scrolls.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

viii, 275 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Summary:

The theme of the gathering was the transmission, use, or interpretation of biblical traditions in the Scrolls from the Judean Desert. Of the 56 presentations, 12 appear in this volume, some of them revised significantly. The topics include Josephus' 22-book canon and the Qumran Scrolls, the impact of the Qumran evidence on biblical lower criticism, some experimental considerations on the Genesis Apocryphon, the prayer of Manasseh in 4Q381 and the account of Manasseh in 2 Chronicles 33, how intermarriage defiles the sanctuary, and relations to Gentiles in the Damascus Document and biblical tradition. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Preface

Scripture and scriptural tradition in transmission: light from the Dead Sea scrolls / George J. Brooke

Josephus' twenty-two book canon and the Qumran scrolls / Jonathan G. Campbell

All the Bibles we need: the impact of the Qumran evidence on biblical lower criticism / Corrado Martone

The Hodayot's use of the Psalter: text-critical contributions (Book 4: Pss 90-106) / John Elwolde

Editions, reworkings, and the continuity of tradition: some experimental considerations on the Genesis Apocryphon / Hans Debel

Exegetical Wiles: 4Q184 as scriptural interpretation / Michael J. Lesley

The prayer of Manasseh in 4Q381 and the account of Manasseh in 2 Chronicles 33 / Mika S. Pajunen

4Q470 in light of the tradition of the renewal of the covenant between God and Israel / Bilhah Nitzan

How does intermarriage defile the sanctuary? / Hannah Harrington

Temple and purification rituals: from Torah to the Dead Sea scrolls / Gudrun Holtz

Relations to Gentiles in the Damascus document and biblical tradition / Albert L.A. Hogeterp

"Torah" and authority in the major sectarian rules texts from Qumran / John Kampen.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

"Seventh meeting of the International Organization for Qumran Studies (IOQS) was held at Helsinki, August 2-4, 2010, in association with the 20th Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT)"--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9789004231047

9004231048

9789004231665

9004231668

OCLC:

793421800