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This book offers a fresh look at the status of the scribe in
society, his training, practices, and work in the biblical world.
What was the scribe's role in these societies? Were there rival
scribal schools? What was their role in daily life? How many
scripts and languages did they grasp? Did they master political and
religious rhetoric? Did they travel or share foreign traditions,
cultures, and beliefs? Were scribes redactors, or simply copyists?
What was their influence on the redaction of the Bible? How did
they relate to the political and religious powers of their day? Did
they possess any authority themselves? These are the questions that
were tackled during an international conference held at the
University of Strasbourg on June 17-19, 2019. The conference served
as the basis for this publication, which includes fifteen articles
covering a wide geographical and chronological range, from Late
Bronze Age royal scribes to refugees in Masada at the end of the
Second Temple period.
This special edition large format LSTS volume publishes ten
biblical and five non-biblical fragments from the Judean Desert,
more than half of them for the first time. The fragments will be
published with 42 adjoining photographs (including a four-page
colour plate section). The publication of seven new fragments from
the Judean Desert will supplement the Discoveries in the Judaean
Desert series and update scholars on the full textual situation.
Two of the new biblical fragments preserve substantial textual
variants. The new Aramaic fragment demonstrates interesting
linguistic forms. The book will include a 10 page essay by Martin
Schoyen about how he tracked down and acquired Judean Desert
fragments and artifacts from 1994, and another (15-20 pages) by
Hanan Eshel on the present state of affairs with regard to Judean
Desert fragments in private hands. The manifold material included
in this volume will give the reader a comprehensive picture of
texts and artifacts from Qumran seen together. The fragments are as
follows: Biblical fragments - First edition - 4QLeviticusi,
4QSamueld, 4QDeuteronomyt, and 4QTwelwe prophetsh; New (additional)
fragments of 4QPsalmsq and 4QExodusc; Improved edition of XJudges
frg 3, 4QJoshuac, 1QDanielb, and 4QJoshuac; Apochryphal fragments -
4QTobita ar (reedition) and 1QapocrGenesis (reedition); and, Other
fragments - 1QSb ( Rule of Blessings, reedition), 11QTemplea, and
4QAramaic frg . The book will also include images and discussion of
the following items, probably deriving from the Qumran site:
Incense altar, inkwell, scroll jar, palm leaf stylus, sandal sole,
and scroll wrapping. These items will be presented in the context
of the Qumran site and relevant contemporary material parallels
from the Levant. The Library of Second Temple Studies is a premier
book series that offers cutting-edge work for a readership of
scholars, teachers, postgraduate students and advanced
undergraduates in the field of Second Temple studies. All the many
and diverse aspects of Second Temple study are represented and
promoted, including innovative work from historical perspectives,
studies using social-scientific and literary theory, and developing
theological, cultural and contextual approaches.
This special edition large format LSTS volume presents, over half
of them for the first time, ten biblical and five non-biblical
fragments from the Judean Desert. The text features 42 photographs
of the fragments. The publication of seven new fragments from the
Judean Desert will supplement the Discoveries in the Judean Desert
series and bring new material to scholars regarding the full
textual situation. Two of the new biblical fragments suggest the
preservation of substantial textual variants. The new Aramaic
fragment reveals the use of interesting linguistic forms. The book
includes a 10 page essay by Martin Schoyen about how he has tracked
down and acquired Judean Desert fragments and artifacts since 1994.
The collection of images, photographs of the fragments, and
scholarly commentary from some of the leading experts in the field
gives the reader a comprehensive picture of the artifacts from
Qumran. The fragments included are: 4QLeviticusi, 4QSamueld,
4QDeuteronomy, and 4Q Twelve prophets; New (additional) fragments
of 4QPsalmsq and 4QExodusc; improved version of XJudges frg 3,
4QJoshuac, 1QDanielb, and 4QJoshuac; Apochryphal fragments -
4QTobita and 1QapocrGenesis; and, Other fragments - 1QSb (Rule of
Blessings, reedition), 11QTemplea, and 4QAramaic frg.
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