The concept of time in the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls / by Gershon Brin.

• Superior document: Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah, v. 39
• Author: Brin, Gershon.
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies on the texts of the desert of Judah ; v. 39.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

The book is concerned with the concept of time in the Bible and in later literature, primarily that of the Judaean Desert sect. By the term “concept of time” the author refers to the entire complex of issues relating to time, as follows from our involvement in the writings of the corpus. The work discusses issues of terminology, substance and ideology that arise from the totality of texts dealing with the subject of time. The conjoining of the eight groups of chapters of the book provides a comprehensive picture of the approach to time in ancient Hebrew literature, beginning with the Bible and concluding with the first century CE, the latest possible time frame for the Scrolls.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED MATERIAL -- FOREWORD -- NOTE -- INTRODUCTION -- TIME IN THE BIBLE -- TERMS FOR TIME IN THE BIBLE -- TERMS USED TO INDICATE TIME IN THE BIBLE -- “DAY” (םוי) AS A TERM FOR TIME IN THE BIBLE -- ON דוד IN THE BIBLE -- THE TERMS םינפל AND הנ ושאדב FOR DESCRIBING THE PAST IN THE BIBLE -- THE FORMULA “X-מ” (OR “X-וי”) IN THE BIBLE: SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF HISTORIOGRAPHICAL WRITING IN ISRAEL -- FORMULAE OF TIME IN THE BIBLE -- BIBLICAL FORMULAE FOR DEPICTING DURATION OF TIME -- THE PHRASE “FROM… AND ONWARD/UPWARD (חלעמו/חאלחו…מ) IN THE BIBLE -- ON THE USES OF THE TERM “UNTIL THIS DAY” (חזח מזיח ךע) -- UNITS OF TIME IN THE BIBLE -- DEPICTIONS OF BRIEF TIME INTERVALS IN THE BIBLE -- TERMS USED FOR LONG TIME PERIODS IN THE BIBLE -- DAY AND DAYTIME: THEIR DIVISIONS AND ORDER -- UNITS OF TIME GREATER TRAN ONE DAY -- DIRECTION OF TIME IN THE BIBLE -- TERMS USED FOR THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE IN THE BIBLE -- CONCEPTS OF TIME AND LIFE DURATION IN THE BIBLE -- םימי ךרוא AND SIMILAR TERMS IN THE BIBLE -- DURATION OF LIFE IN BIBLICAL TIMES -- TIME IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS -- INTRODUCTION: THE CONCEPT OF TIME IN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS -- CONCEPTS OF TIME IN THE SCROLLS -- GOD AND TIME -- THE TERM ךזך IN THE SCROLLS -- THE TERM דעומ IN THE SCROLLS -- THE TERM ץק IN THE SCROLLS -- THE TERM םלוע IN THE SCROLLS -- THE TERM תע IN THE SCROLLS -- םוי AND ITS VARIANTS IN THE SCROLLS -- THE TERM םוי IN THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF TERMS OF TIME -- X-םוי / X-ימי (DAY X / DAYS OF X) TO CHARACTERIZE TIME -- THE USE OF םוי IN THE SCROLLS -- DURATION OF TIME AND LIFE SPAN IN THE APPROACH OF THE SCROLLS -- THE FORMULA FOR DURATION OF TIME “FROM… TO …” (רע ..מ) INCLUDING THE FORMULA “UNTIL THIS DAY” (הזה םויה רע) AND ITS LIKE IN THE SCROLLS -- LIFE DURATION IN THE SCROLLS AND THE APOCRYPHA -- THE PHRASE “HE SHALL NOT DO SUCH-AND-SUCH X-םויב” -- TIME IN THE BIBLE AND IN LATER LITERATURE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEXES OF ANCIENT LITERATURE -- STUDIES ON THE TEXTS OF THE DESERT OF JUDAH.