This volume contains a collection of compositions from cave 4 at Qumran. These compositons, written during the Second Temple period, are linked to the Hebrew Bible through text, characters, themes, or genre. Some of them present a reworking, rewriting, or paraphrase of biblical books. Of these texts, Reworked Pentateuch is probably closest to the biblcial books, while Jubilees is somewhat more removed from the text of the Hebrew Bible. Furthestremoved from the biblical text in this volume are A Prayer for Enosh and ParaKings. Among the texts here published, Jubilees was known previously from Greek and Ethiopic translations, while Prayer for Enosh, Reworked Pentateuch, ParaKings, and the Commentary on Genesis-Exodus are hitherto unknown, All these documentsgreatly enhance our understanding of biblical interpretation during the Second Temple Period and of the phenomenon of pseudepigraphy (writing in the name of a famous biblical or religious character) so prevalent in antiquity.
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CONTRIBUTORS: Emanuel Tov
EAN: 9780198267607
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 2086 g
HEIGHT: 320 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press
DATE PUBLISHED: 1995-04-13
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GENRE: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, RELIGION / Judaism / General, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology
WIDTH: 240 cm
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Book Themes:
Judaism, Christianity, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts
In every respect, the volume lives up the tradition set in previous volumes, and for this those who care about the Scrolls are indebted to the editors, Oxford University Press, and the angels who have financially supported the project., Fragmentary as they are, the texts in the volume are a vaulable resource for the student of Judaism in the Greco-Roman period. First, they attest a wider variety in the genre of 'biblical paraphase' of 'rewritten Bible' that previous evidence has indicated., an exemplary balance of detailed analysis of the actual evidence, imanination, erudition, and caution in drawing conclusions., All these documents greatly enhance our understanding of biblical interpretation during the Second Temple period and of the phenomenon of pseudepigraphy so prevalent in antiquity., The publication of this volume has highlighted issues that lie beyond the text-critical domain...All eight scholars should be warmly thanked for producing a detailed and reliable edition of these important texts.
