ISBN:
9789004350267
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 592 pages)
Year of publication:
2000
Series Statement:
Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah v. 25
Uniform Title:
Copper scroll
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The Copper Scroll - 3Q15: A Reevaluation: A New Reading, Translation, and Commentary
Dissertation note:
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--New York University, 1993
Keywords:
Copper scroll Criticism and interpretation
;
Copper scroll
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
Hochschulschrift
Abstract:
Preliminary Material -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- RABBINICAL SOURCES -- INTRODUCTION -- TEXT AND COMMENTARY -- DISCUSSION -- APPENDICES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- WORD INDEX OF THE COPPER SCROLL -- STUDIES ON THE TEXTS OF THE DESERT OF JUDAH.
Abstract:
This volume deals with the Copper Scroll, an almost two thousand year old cryptic proto-Mishnaic Hebrew Dead Sea document. It is the largest known ancient text to have ever been recorded on metal. The Introduction covers the nature and site of the discovery, opening of the two brittle oxidized copper rolls, deciphering the text, controversy about genuineness of the content, et cetera The in-depth study presents the primary major studies, and offers a new reading, translation, and interpretation, including alternatives, as well as detailed studies of some unique aspects. The analysis is based on Rabbinical Jewish sources originating largely in the same historical era. This results into a more reliable interpretation of the Copper Scroll which probably originates from the Priestly leaders of Jerusalem, and contains a list of the hidden treasures of the Second Temple before its destruction by the Romans
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 555-586) and index
DOI:
10.1163/9789004350267
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