The Hebrew Bible in light of the Dead Sea scrolls / / edited by Nora David ... [et al.].

• Superior document: Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments ; v. 239
• TeilnehmendeR: David, Nora.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments ; 239. Heft.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (490 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Hauptbeschreibung Until recently, most non-biblical manuscripts attested in the Qumran library were regarded as copies of texts that were composed after the books of the Hebrew Bible were written. Students of the Hebrew Bible found the Dead Sea Scrolls therefore mostly of interest for the textual and interpretative histories of these books. The present collection confirms the importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls for both areas, by showing that they have revolutionized our understanding of how the text of the biblical books developed and how they were interpreted. Beyond the textual an

Table of Contents

Some thoughts on how the Dead Sea scrolls have changed our understanding of the text of the Hebrew Bible and its history and the practice of textual criticism / Russell Fuller -- Preservation and promulgation : the Dead Sea scrolls and the textual history of the Hebrew Bible / Arie van der Kooij -- The Dead Sea scrolls and the textual history of the Masoretic text / Emanuel Tov -- The fundamental importance of the biblical Qumran scrolls / Eugene Ulrich -- Understanding the textual history of the Hebrew Bible : a new proposal / Sidnie White Crawford -- Textual and literary criticism on passages attested by 4QSam[superscript a,b] (1Sam 6:4-5 and 1 Sam 23:11-12) / Julio Trebolle Barrera -- Looking at Bathsheba with text-critical eyes / Kristin De Troyer -- The text of Jeremiah in the War scroll from Qumran / Armin Lange -- Textual fluidity as a means of sectarian identity : some examples from the Qumran literature / Corrado Martone --

The Dead Sea scrolls and the language of Jewish Scriptures / Steven E. Fassberg -- Qumran and biblical scholarship / Thomas Romer -- The Dead Sea scrolls and the Deuteronomistic movement / Karin Finsterbusch -- Looking back : what the Dead Sea scrolls can teach us about biblical blessings / Esther G. Chazon -- Knowledge, nakedness, and shame in the primeval history of the Hebrew Bible and in several texts from the Judean Desert / Michaela Bauks -- The textual connection between 4Q380 fragment 1 and Psalm 106 / Mika S. Pajunen -- The book of Daniel and the Dead Sea scrolls / John J. Collins -- Symbolic and non-symbolic visions of the book of Daniel in light of the Dead Sea scrolls / Bennie H. Reynolds III --

Embryonic legal midrash in the Qumran scrolls / Vered Noam -- The uses of scriptural traditions at Qumran for the construction of ethics / Marcus Tso -- Ancient Jewish commentaries in light of the Dead Sea scrolls : multiple interpretations as a distinctive feature? / Matthias Weigold -- Jubilees, Philo, and the problem of Genesis / James Kugel -- Modification of biblical law in the Temple scroll / Lawrence H. Schiffman -- Philo and the Temple scroll on the prohibition of single testimony / Sarah Pearce -- Rewriting the story of Dinah and Shechem : the literary development of Jubilees 30 / Michael Segal -- The Twelve Minor Prophets at Qumran and the canonical process : Amos as a "case study" / Hanne von Wiessenberg --

Sociology of Jewish life in light of the Dead Sea scrolls : seeking steps forward / Jutta Jokiranta -- Did Enochians exist? Answer to Boccaccini / Paul Heger -- "You shall see" : Rebecca's farewell address in 4Q364 3 ii 1-6 / Hanna Tervanotko -- Marriage laws in the Dead Sea scrolls in relation to the broader Jewish society / Cecilia Wassen -- Jewish law in the Dead Sea scrolls : some issues for consideration / Lutz Doering -- Some observations on the literary constitution of legal and ethical discourse in rabbinic and Qumran texts / Alexander Samely.