Textual criticism and the ontology of literature in early Judaism : an analysis of the Serekh ha-yaḥad / by James Nati.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nati, James, author.

Series:

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 198.

Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism, 1384-2161 ; volume 198

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rule of the congregation--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Rule of the congregation.

Rule of the congregation--Criticism, Textual.

Qumran community.

Criticism, Textual.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xv, 357 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]

Summary:

"The Dead Sea Scrolls have demonstrated the fluidity of biblical and early Jewish texts in antiquity. How did early Jewish scribes understand the nature of their pluriform literature? How should modern textual critics deal with these fluid texts? Centered on the Serekh ha-Yaḥad - or Community Rule - from Qumran as a test case, this volume tracks the development of its textual tradition in multiple trajectories, and suggests that it was not understood as a single, unified composition even in antiquity. Attending to material, textual, and literary factors, the book argues that ancient claims for textual identity ought to be given priority in discussions among textual critics about the ontology of biblical books"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Textual Pluriformity, Textual Development, and Textual Criticism after Qumran

Textual Pluriformity in the Serekh Tradition

The Development of the Serekh Tradition

Wisdom, Torah, and Textual Identity

What Were Biblical Books?

Epilogue: Editing Biblical & Early Jewish Texts

Appendix: Synoptic View of the Serekh.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Nati, James. Textual criticism and the ontology of literature in early Judaism

ISBN:

9789004471948

9004471944

OCLC:

1256627792

Publisher Number:

9789004471948