The Text of the Pentateuch : : Textual Criticism and the Dead Sea Scrolls / / Sidnie White Crawford.

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• VerfasserIn: Crawford, Sidnie White ,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft , 493
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIV, 328 p.)

In the last several decades since the first publications of the biblical Dead Sea Scrolls, a revolution has occurred in the understanding of the history of the text of the Hebrew Bible during the Second Temple period. The present volume is a collection of articles documenting that revolution, written by Sidnie White Crawford over an almost thirty-year period beginning in 1990. As a member of the editorial team responsible for publishing the Qumran scrolls, the author was responsible for the critical editions of nine Deuteronomy scrolls and the four Reworked Pentateuch manuscripts; thus, her work played a critical role in the changing understanding of the textual history of the Pentateuch,especially the book of Deuteronomy and the Rewritten Bible texts. The author’s lifework is brought together here in an accessible format. While the majority of the articles are reprints, the volume will close with two major new pieces: a text-critical study of the Deuteronomic Paraphrase of the Temple Scroll and a comprehensive overview of the history of the text of the Pentateuch.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations of sources -- Sources -- Introduction -- Part I: Textual Criticism, Featuring the Book of Deuteronomy -- 1 The All Souls Deuteronomy (4QDeutn) and the Decalogue -- 2 4QDeutn: Biblical Manuscript or Excerpted Text? -- 3 Special Features of Four Biblical Manuscripts from Cave 4, Qumran: 4QDeuta, 4QDeutc, 4QDeutd, and 4QDeutg -- 4 Three Deuteronomy Manuscripts from Cave 4, Qumran -- 5 Reading Deuteronomy in the Second Temple Period -- 6 Textual Criticism of the Book of Deuteronomy and The Hebrew Bible: A Critical Edition -- 7 The Pentateuch as Found in the Pre-Samaritan Texts and 4QReworked Pentateuch -- 8 “Biblical” Text—Yes or No? The Hebrew Bible -- 9 Understanding the Textual History of the Hebrew Bible: A New Proposal -- 10 The Qumran Pentateuch Scrolls: Their Literary Growth and Textual History -- 11 Scribal Traditions in the Pentateuch and the History of the Early Second Temple Period -- 12 Interpreting the Pentateuch through Scribal Processes: The Evidence from the Qumran Manuscripts -- 13 Deuteronomy as a Test Case for an Eclectic Critical Edition of the Hebrew Bible -- 14 Deuteronomy in the Temple Scroll and its Use in the Textual Criticism of Deuteronomy -- Part II: Rewriting the Classical Literature of Ancient Israel -- 15 4Q364 and 365: A Preliminary Report -- 16 A Note on 4Q365, Fragment 23 and Nehemiah 10:33–36 -- 17 Three Fragments from Qumran Cave 4 and Their Relationship to the Temple Scroll -- 18 4QTemple? 4Q365a Revisited -- 19 The “Rewritten” Bible at Qumran: A Look at Three Texts -- 20 How Archaeology Affects the Study of Texts: Reflections on the Category “Rewritten Bible” at Qumran -- 21 What Constitutes a Scriptural Text? The History of Scholarship on Qumran Manuscript 4Q158 -- 22 The Excerpted Manuscripts from Qumran, with Special Attention to 4QReworked Pentateuch D and 4QReworked Pentateuch E -- 23 A Postscript on the Excerpted Texts -- Part III: Final Thoughts -- 24 Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible in the Twenty-First Century: Theory and Praxis -- Collected Bibliography -- Ancient Sources Index -- Modern Authors Index