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This monograph studies ancient tefillin (also known as
phylacteries) and mezuzot found in the Caves of Qumran. Most of
these miniature texts were published by the end of 1970s and thus
have long been available to scholars. And yet in several respects,
these tiny fragments remain an unfinished business. A close
scrutiny of their editions reveals a presence of texts that have
not been fully accounted for. These fall into three categories.
First, there are multiple tefillin and mezuzot that contain legible
fragments which their editors were unable to identify. Second,
several tefillin and mezuzot feature imprints of letters that have
not been deciphered. Third, there are texts which were
provisionally classified as tefillin and mezuzot yet left unread.
This monograph offers a detailed study of these unidentified and
undeciphered texts. It thus sheds new light on the contents of
ancient tefillin and mezuzot and on the scribal practices involved
in their preparation.
This volume contributes to the growing interest in understanding
the phenomenon of prayer and praying in the Hebrew Bible, Early
Judaism, and nascent Christianity. Papers by the leading scholars
in these fields revisit long-standing questions and chart new paths
of inquiry into the nature, form, and practice of addressing the
divine in the ancient world. The essays in this volume deal with
particular texts of and about prayer, practices of prayer, as well
as figures and locations (historical and literary) that are
associated with prayer and praying. These studies apply a range of
methods and theoretical approaches to prayer and the language of
prayer in literatures of Early Judaism and Christianity. Some
studies apply the classical methods of biblical studies to Second
Temple texts of prayer, including form critical and text critical
approaches; others engage in literary and narrative analysis of
ancient works that recount discourse directed to the divine. Still
other studies draw on anthropological and sociological analyses of
prayer or marshal particular theories of discourse, ethics, and
moral agency to offer fresh interpretations of address to God in
the literature of Second Temple Judaism and earliest Christianity.
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls more than sixty years ago has
revealed a wealth of literary compositions which rework the Hebrew
Bible in various ways. This genre seems to have been a popular
literary form in ancient Judaism literature. However, the Qumran
texts of this type are particularly interesting for they offer for
the first time a large sample of such compositions in their
original languages, Hebrew and Aramaic. Since the rewritten Bible
texts do not use the particular style and nomenclature specific to
the literature produced by the Qumran community. Many of these
texts are unknown from any other sources, and have been published
only during the last two decades. They therefore became the object
of intense scholarly study. However, most the attention has been
directed to the longer specimens, such as the Hebrew Book of
Jubilees and the Aramaic Genesis Apocryphon. The present volume
addresses the less known and poorly studied pieces, a group of
eleven small Hebrew texts that rework the Hebrew Bible. It provides
fresh editions, translations and detailed commentaries for each
one. The volume thus places these texts within the larger context
of the Qumran library, aiming at completing the data about the
rewritten Bible.
While recent decades have seen a plethora of studies exploring the
complex processes that shaped biblical books traditionally
designated as Prophets, much remains to be done in order to uncover
the rich history of their interpretation throughout the ages. This
collection of essays aims at filling this gap by exploring
different aspects of the exegesis of the Former and Latter Prophets
in contexts both ancient and modern, Jewish and Christian. From the
inner-biblical interpretation of the Prophets to the Dead Sea
Scrolls, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, the New Testament, Patristic
writings, and contemporary rhetoric, this volume sheds light on how
key figures in those books were read and understood by both ancient
and not so-ancient readers.
Long neglected by scholars, the Dead Sea scrolls rewriting
Samuel-Kings shed precious light on the ancient Jewish
interpretation of these books. This volume brings all these texts
together for the first time under one cover. Improved editions of
the fragments, up-to-date commentary, and detailed discussions of
the exegetical traditions embedded in these scrolls will be of
interest to both scholars and students of Second Temple Jewish
literature.
The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls more than sixty years ago has
revealed a wealth of literary compositions which rework the Hebrew
Bible in various ways. This genre seems to have been a popular
literary form in ancient Judaism literature. However, the Qumran
texts of this type are particularly interesting for they offer for
the first time a large sample of such compositions in their
original languages, Hebrew and Aramaic. Since the rewritten Bible
texts do not use the particular style and nomenclature specific to
the literature produced by the Qumran community. Many of these
texts are unknown from any other sources, and have been published
only during the last two decades. They therefore became the object
of intense scholarly study. However, most the attention has been
directed to the longer specimens, such as the Hebrew Book of
Jubilees and the Aramaic Genesis Apocryphon. The present volume
addresses the less known and poorly studied pieces, a group of
eleven small Hebrew texts that rework the Hebrew Bible. It provides
fresh editions, translations and detailed commentaries for each
one. The volume thus places these texts within the larger context
of the Qumran library, aiming at completing the data about the
rewritten Bible.
In addition to three scrolls containing the Book of Joshua, the
Qumran caves brought to light five previously unknown texts
rewriting this book. These scrolls (4Q123, 4Q378, 4Q379, 4Q522,
5Q9), as well as a scroll from Masada (Mas 1039-211), are commonly
referred to as the Apocryphon of Joshua. While each of these
manuscripts has received some scholarly attention, no attempt has
yet been made to offer a detailed study of all these texts. The
present monograph fills this gap by providing improved editions of
the six scrolls, an up-to-date commentary and a detailed discussion
of the biblical exegesis embedded in each scroll. The analysis of
the texts is followed by a reassessment of the widely accepted view
considering 4Q123, 4Q378, 4Q379, 4Q522, 5Q9 and Mas 1039-211 as
copies of a single composition. Finally, the monograph attempts to
place the Qumran scrolls rewriting the Book of Joshua within the
wider context of Second Temple Jewish writings concerned with the
figure of Joshua.
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