Scripture and interpretation : Qumran texts that rework the Bible / Ariel Feldman and Liora Goldman ; edited and introduced by Devorah Dimant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feldman, Ariel, 1974- author.

Goldman, Liora, author.

Contributor:

Dimant, Devorah, editor, author of introduction, etc.

Series:

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche ; Volume 449.

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 0934-2575 ; Volume 449

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dead Sea scrolls.

Dead Sea scrolls--4Q.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls more than sixty years ago has revealed a wealth of literary compositions which rework the Hebrew Bible in various ways. This genre seems to have been a popular literary form in ancient Judaism literature. However, the Qumran texts of this type are particularly interesting for they offer for the first time a large sample of such compositions in their original languages, Hebrew and Aramaic. Since the rewritten Bible texts do not use the particular style and nomenclature specific to the literature produced by the Qumran community. Many of these texts are unknown from any other sources, and have been published only during the last two decades. They therefore became the object of intense scholarly study. However, most the attention has been directed to the longer specimens, such as the Hebrew Book of Jubilees and the Aramaic Genesis Apocryphon. The present volume addresses the less known and poorly studied pieces, a group of eleven small Hebrew texts that rework the Hebrew Bible. It provides fresh editions, translations and detailed commentaries for each one. The volume thus places these texts within the larger context of the Qumran library, aiming at completing the data about the rewritten Bible.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Abbreviations

Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Works

DJD Volumes Quoted in the Present Work

Preface

Introduction: Reworking of Scripture at Qumran / Dimant, Devorah

Rewritten Scripture: Narrative and Law / Feldman, Ariel

Rewritten Scripture: Law and Liturgy / Goldman, Liora

Index of Sources

Index of Names and Subjects

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110303056

3110303051

9783110381139

3110381133

OCLC:

960202065