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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.
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.
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