Scripture and Interpretation: Qumran Texts that Rework the Bible

Ariel Feldman; Liora Goldman

Published by De Gruyter 2014

Scripture and Interpretation

Qumran Texts that Rework the Bible

Ariel Feldman and Liora Goldman
Edited by: Devorah Dimant

Volume 449 in the series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110303056

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Devorah Dimant and Liora Goldman, University of Haifa, Israel; Ariel Feldman, Texas Christian University, TX, USA.

Reviews

"Umfangreiche Indices zu den behandelten Quellen, Namen und Schlagworten beschließen einen Band, der zu den diskutierten Fragmenten neue Erkenntnisse über Beschaffenheit, Anordnung und Inhalt beiträgt und über die DJD-Editionen hinaus unbedingt zu konsultieren ist."
Stefan Beyerle in: BN/NF 182 (2019), 127-128

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VI
Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Works Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VIII
DJD Volumes Quoted in the Present Work Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	X
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XII
Introduction: Reworking of Scripture at Qumran Devorah Dimant Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Rewritten Scripture: Narrative and Law Ariel Feldman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Rewritten Scripture: Law and Liturgy Liora Goldman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Index of Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
Index of Names and Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	380

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Libraries, Institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 383
Keywords: Qumran; Dead Sea Scrolls; biblical exegesis; apocryphal texts; ancient Judaism

eBook

Published: November 10, 2014
ISBN: 9783110303056

Hardcover

Published: October 27, 2014
ISBN: 9783110302981

Paperback

Published: June 26, 2017
ISBN: 9783110552683