The Pesher Nahum scroll from Qumran : an exegetical study of 4Q169 / / by Shani L. Berrin.

• Superior document: Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, v. 53
• Author: Berrin, Shani L.
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 53.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (374 p.)
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

The underlying premise of this study is the close relationship between Pesher Nahum (4Q169) and its biblical base-text. Historical and literary considerations, as well as theological, sociological, halakhic, textual, and linguistic data, are examined in terms of their exegetical functions. This edition includes a transcription and translation of 4QpNah, with textual notes. The treatment of 4QpNah follows the natural division of the extant text into five thematic literary sections, or “pericopes,” each consisting of a series of “lemma/pesher units”. For each pericope, proposed historical contextualizations are evaluated on the basis of exegetical criteria. “Equivalents” are “mapped” for each unit, such that individual elements of each lemma are aligned with corresponding elements from the biblical base-text. A focus upon “lemma/pesher correspondence” provides the framework for systematic exegetical analysis of 4QpNah.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Shani L. Berrin -- Introduction / Shani L. Berrin -- The Text / Shani L. Berrin -- Pericope 1, Pesher Units 1–5 / Shani L. Berrin -- Pericope 2, Pesher Units 6–10: Historical Context / Shani L. Berrin -- Pericope 2, Pesher Units 6–10: Literary Analysis / Shani L. Berrin -- Pericope 3, Units 11–16: Historical Analysis / Shani L. Berrin -- Pericope 3, Units 11–16: Literary Analysis / Shani L. Berrin -- Pericope 4 (3–4 III,8 – IV,4 and Frag 5), Pesher Units 17–26 / Shani L. Berrin -- Textual, Historical, and Literary Evaluation of Pesher Nahum / Shani L. Berrin -- Bibliography / Shani L. Berrin -- Index of Scriptural Citations and Ancient Sources / Shani L. Berrin -- Index of Subjects / Shani L. Berrin -- Index of Modern Authors / Shani L. Berrin -- Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah / Shani L. Berrin.