Discoveries in the Judaean Desert: Volume IX. Qumran Cave 4: IV - Palaeo-Hebrew and Greek Biblical Manuscripts (Hardcover)

This volume inaugurates the publication of the Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls from the main collection discovered in Cave 4 at Qumran. It contains six biblical manuscripts written in the ancient palaeo-Hebrew script, four Septuagint manuscripts and five hitherto unknown compositions. There are also ten biblical manuscripts from Genesis to Deuteronomy and Job. The Hebrew texts antedate by a millennium what had previously been the earliest surviving biblical codices in the original language and they document the pluriform nature of the ancient biblical textual tradition before the text became standardized. The most extensive and significant manuscript, 4QpaleoExodm, exhibits the extended textual tradition that formed the basis for the Samaritan Pentateuch, and illumines the historical and theological relationship between the Jews and the Samaritans. Fragments of an unidentified Greek text mention Moses, Pharoah and Egypt, suggesting some development of the Exodus theme, and further witnessing to the rich religious literature to which Rabbinic Judaism and nascent Christianity were heirs. Patrick Skehan (died 1980) was the editor of the Old Testament text in the "New American Bible" (1970).

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Discoveries in the Judaean Desert, IX
Release date:	March 1993
First published:	April 1993
Authors:	Patrick Skehan (late Professor Emeritus of Semitic Languages) • Eugene Ulrich (Professor of Hebrew Scriptures) • Judith E. Sanderson (Assistant Professor of Old Testament)
Contributors:	P. J. Parsons
Dimensions:	321 x 239 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-826328-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Palaeography Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Sacred texts > Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Sacred texts > Criticism & exegesis of sacred texts
LSN:	0-19-826328-7
Barcode:	9780198263289

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