The Hebrew Bible in Light of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Armin Lange, Kristin De Troyer, Shani Tzoref, Nóra Dávid, Armin Lange, Kristin De Troyer, Shani Tzoref, Nóra Dávid, Armin Lange, Kristin De Troyer, Shani Tzoref, Nora David

• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9783525535554
• eBook ISBN:
  9783647535555
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Theology

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 and interpretative histories, though, many texts attested in the Qumran library illuminate the time in which the later books of the Hebrew Bible were composed and reworked as well as Jewish life and law in the time when the canon of the Hebrew Bible developed. This volume gives important examples as to how the early texts attested in the Dead Sea Scrolls help to better understand individual biblical books and as to how the later texts among them illustrate Jewish life and law when the canon of the Hebrew Bible evolved. In order to find an adequate expertise for the seminar »The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hebrew Bible«, the editors invited both junior and senior specialists in the fields of Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Judaism, Dead Sea Scrolls and Rabbinics to Rome.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Body
• Introduction
• Part I: The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Textual History of the Hebrew Bible a) General Studies 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
• b) Case Studies Textual and Literary Criticism on Passages Attested by 4QSama,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
• Part 2: The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Understanding of Biblical Books a) General Studies The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Language of Jewish Scriptures Steven E. Fassberg
• Qumran and Biblical Scholarship Thomas Römer
• 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
• b) Case Studies 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.
• Part 3: The Dead Sea Scrolls and Ancient Interpretations of Jewish Scriptures a) General Studies 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
• b) Case Studies 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
• Michael Segal
• The Twelve Minor Prophets at Qumran and the Canonical Process: Amos as a “Case Study” Hanne von Weissenberg
• Part 4: The Dead Sea Scrolls and Jewish Law and Life 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–
• 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
• Authors and Editors of the Volume
• Index of Ancient Sources
• Back Cover