The Aramaic Levi Document : : Edition, Translation, Commentary /

The Aramaic Levi Document : : Edition, Translation, Commentary / / Jonas C. Greenfield, Michael Stone, Esther Eshel.

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The Aramaic Levi Document is a collection of larger and smaller fragments identified in Aramaic, Greek and Syriac. The discovery of Aramaic fragments among at Qumran confirmed its antiquity and it is now considered to be one of the oldest Jewish works outside the Hebrew Bible. It presents surprising...

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Superior document:Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigrapha ; 19
VerfasserIn:
Greenfield, Jonas C.,
Eshel, Esther,
Stone, Michael,
TeilnehmendeR:
Eshel, Esther,
Stone, Michael,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2004.
Year of Publication:2004
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigrapha ; 19.
Physical Description:1 online resource (297 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations and Tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Witnesses
  • 2. Principles of Present Work
  • The Present Work
  • The Apparatus of Variants
  • The Data Block and Versification
  • Parallels
  • The Translation
  • 3. The Original Order of ALD
  • 4. The Date and Provenance of ALD
  • 5. Notes on Language of ALD
  • 6. Testaments and Other Associated Works from Qumran
  • Texts Related to the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
  • Other "Testament" Texts
  • The Testament of Qahat and the Visions of Amram
  • An Apocryphal Text Apparently Related to ALD
  • 7. Some Specific Aspects of ALD
  • TPL 4:2 and ALD
  • The Two Spirits
  • Sapiential Characteristics of the Priesthood
  • Levi's Special Role in ALD
  • Levi in TPL 8:14
  • The Travels of Levi and Jacob in ALD and TPL
  • The Sacrificial Ordinances and Measures
  • 1. The Sacrificial Ordinances
  • 2. The Metrological List in 9:17-18
  • Postscript
  • Critical Signs and Abbreviations
  • Journals and Publications
  • Citations of Dead Sea Scrolls
  • Appendix
  • Text & Translation
  • Commentary
  • Unplaced Fragments
  • Aramaic Concordance
  • Greek Concordance
  • Bibliography
  • Indexes
  • ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES
  • 1. Codicological Layout of the Geniza Manuscript
  • 2. Cambridge Ms ms T.S. 16, fol. 94 recto
  • Columns Cambridge a, f and e
  • 3. Cambridge Ms ms T.S. 16, fol. 94 verso
  • Columns Cambridge d, c and b
  • 4. Bodleian Ms Heb. c. 27 recto
  • Columns Bodleian b and a
  • 5. Bodleian Ms Heb. c. 27 verso
  • Columns Bodleian d and c
  • 6. Genealogical Table.

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