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The Qumran discoveries have demonstrated that much of the earliest
interpretation of Hebrew Scripture was accomplished through
rewriting: production of revised editions of biblical books, or
composition of new works drawing heavily upon Scripture for their
organization and content. This study advances our understanding of
the nature and purpose of such rewriting of Scripture by examining
the compositional methods and interpretive goals of the five
Reworked Pentateuch manuscripts from Qumran Cave 4 (4Q158, 364
367). This analysis, along with a comparison of the 4QReworked
Pentateuch manuscripts to the Samaritan Pentateuch and the Temple
Scroll, provides a clearer picture of how early Jewish communities
read, transmitted, and transformed their sacred textual traditions.
In this book, Molly Zahn investigates how early Jewish scribes
rewrote their authoritative traditions in the course of
transmitting them, from minor edits in the course of copying to
whole new compositions based on prior works. Scholars have detected
evidence for rewriting in a wide variety of textual contexts, but
Zahn's is the first book to map manuscripts and translations of
biblical books, so-called 'parabiblical' compositions, and the
sectarian literature from Qumran in relation to one another. She
introduces a new, adaptable set of terms for talking about
rewriting, using the idea of genre as a tool to compare and
contrast different cases. Although rewriting has generally been
understood as a vehicle for biblical interpretation, Zahn moves
beyond that framework to demonstrate that rewriting was a pervasive
textual strategy in the Second Temple period. Her book contributes
to a powerful new model of early Jewish textuality, illuminating
the rich and diverse culture out of which both rabbinic Judaism and
early Christianity eventually emerged.
In this book, Molly Zahn investigates how early Jewish scribes
rewrote their authoritative traditions in the course of
transmitting them, from minor edits in the course of copying to
whole new compositions based on prior works. Scholars have detected
evidence for rewriting in a wide variety of textual contexts, but
Zahn's is the first book to map manuscripts and translations of
biblical books, so-called 'parabiblical' compositions, and the
sectarian literature from Qumran in relation to one another. She
introduces a new, adaptable set of terms for talking about
rewriting, using the idea of genre as a tool to compare and
contrast different cases. Although rewriting has generally been
understood as a vehicle for biblical interpretation, Zahn moves
beyond that framework to demonstrate that rewriting was a pervasive
textual strategy in the Second Temple period. Her book contributes
to a powerful new model of early Jewish textuality, illuminating
the rich and diverse culture out of which both rabbinic Judaism and
early Christianity eventually emerged.
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