The Damascus Document / Steven D. Fraade.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fraade, Steven D., author.

Series:

Oxford commentary on the Dead Sea scrolls.

Oxford scholarship online.

The Oxford commentary on the Dead Sea scrolls

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Damascus document.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Language Note:

Text in Hebrew with English translation, notes and commentary.

Summary:

The Damascus Document is an ancient Hebrew text that is one of the longest, oldest, & most important of the ancient scrolls usually referred to collectively as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Its oldest parts originate in the mid- to late 2nd century BCE. While the earliest discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls occurred in 1947, the Qumran Damascus Document fragments were discovered in 1952 (but not published in full until 1996), mainly in what is designated as Qumran Cave Four. However, it is unique in that two manuscripts (MS A & MS B) containing parts & variations of the same text were discovered much earlier, in 1896, among the discarded texts of the Cairo Geniza, the latter being written in the 10th-11th centuries CE. Together, the manuscripts of the Damascus Document, both ancient & medieval, are an invaluable source for understanding many aspects of ancient Jewish (& before that Israelite) history, theology, and much more.

Contents:

List of abbreviations

Introduction

Texts, translations, notes, and commentary

Bibliography

Index of ancient sources

Index of modern scholars

Index of subjects.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 2, 2021).

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Damascus document. Hebrew.

Damascus document. English.

ISBN:

0-19-108352-6

0-19-182325-2