This section includes select monographs on the following manuscripts of the Dead Sea Scrolls: 1Q (Thanksgiving Hymns; War Scroll; Community Rule), Damascus Document, 4Q (Sapiental Work; Halakhic Letter), and 11Q (Temple Scroll).
The Redactional Meaning of the Thanksgiving Hymns (Online) by
Applies Systemic Functional Linguistics to four Hodayot compositions which show signs of hybridity. Analysis reveals that the speaker in some of the so-called leader hymns as well as in compositions not normally designated leader hymns appears to have the role of a mediator in the agency of God-a feature that distinguishes the hodayot from biblical psalms.
Scriptural Allusions and Exegesis in the Hodayot (Online) by
This study identifies and analyses the scriptural allusions in five selected Thanksgiving Hymns from Qumran.
The Qumran Psalter the Thanksgiving Hymns among the Dead Sea Scrolls by
Shows how Jews prior to Hillel and Jesus imagined the universe, articulated unworthiness, and despite suffering were devoted to God's covenant.
IQM the War Scroll from Qumran: Its Structure and History by
An attempt to analyse IQM in order to show its structure and literary history.
The War Scroll, Violence, War and Peace in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature (Online) by
This volume of collected essays reflects on various aspects of language, text, and interpretations of war and peace in the Dead Sea Scrolls and other Second Temple Jewish literature, with special close attention set on the Qumran War Scroll.
The War Scroll; the War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness; History, Symbols, Texts, and Commentary by
Includes parallel biblical and apocryphal verses, commentary, and references to numerical symbolism, all intended to lead the reader into an appreciation and understanding of the text.
The Textual Development of the Qumran Community Rule by
Traces the different stages in the formation of the Qumran Community Rule in the light of the material from Cave 4.
Qumran Cave 1 Revisited (Online) by
Papers presented at the IOQS meeting in Ljubljana "Qumran Cave 1 Revisited: Reconsidering the Cave 1 Texts Sixty Years after Their Discovery," on the two Isaiah scrolls, the Community Rule, the War Scroll, the Thanksgivings Scroll, and the Genesis Apocryphon.
The Qumran Rule Texts in Context by
Deals with several core Rule texts from Qumran, especially with the Community Rule (S), the Rule of the Congregation (1QSa), the Damascus Document (D), and 4Q265 (Miscellaneous Rules). Uncovers a complex network of literary and more murkily preserved social relationships.
The Damascus Covenant by
Surveys previous research, with particular emphasis on the syntheses of H. Stegemann and J. Murphy-O'Connor. A more comprehensive view of the redaction and ideology of the document is offered, leading to the conclusion that it is originally a product of a community which traced its origins to the Babylonian exile.
The Zadokite Documents: I. The Admonition. II. The Laws. by
The Zadokite Documents are much discussed, translated, commented upon, and, in some cases, reprinted. The present edition is the result of a new collection of manuscripts themselves, the text being as close as possible a reproduction as possible.
The New Damascus Document (Online) by
This composite edition of the Damascus Document and scrolls from Khirbet Qumran (with translation and commentary) presents a new understanding of the relationship of these texts, time and purpose; shedding additional light on the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The Laws of the Damascus Document by
This volume provides a detailed analysis of the Laws of the Damascus Document which fully incorporates the new cave 4 evidence. The author offers a close reading of the text and identifies a number of literary strata as well as a considerable amount of redactional activity.
4QInstruction (Online) by
Examines particular texts of 4QInstruction as well as broader issues, including its date, genre, main themes, and place in Second Temple Judaism. Finally, in order to contextualize this pivotal work, 4QInstruction's relationship to the sapiential and apocalyptic traditions is also explored.
The Worldly and Heavenly Wisdom of 4QInstruction by
Discusses how this composition should be understood in relation to the sapiential and apocalyptic traditions. Features of 4QInstruction that are examined include its appeal to revelation, its presentation of poverty, and its eschatology.
4QInstruction: Divisions and Hierarchies by
Challenges the interpretation of 4QInstruction as a deterministic and dualistic composition. In a re-examination of key fragments he offers new reconstructions and translations that indicate 4QInstruction envisaged wisdom available to all humanity, divisions among humankind and communities as the result of individual adherence to wisdom, and a hierarchy of authority as a result of individual merit.
From 4QMMT to Resurrection by
All contributions deal with aspects of the Dead Sea Scrolls, including fundamental essays on 4QMMT by Steudel, Kratz and Berthelot, and two papers on resurrection and afterlife.
4QMMT: Reevaluating the Text, the Function, and the Meaning of the Epilogue (Online) by
This book focuses on the third section of one of the most important documents from the Qumran library, the epilogue of 4QMMT. Although the primary focus is on the epilogue, the results of this investigation shed light on 4QMMT as a whole.
The Temple Scroll and the Bible by
Representative portions of each division of the Scroll are analyzed, first to establish precisely which biblical texts are used, and then to show how these texts are placed in relation to each other.
The Biblical Masorah and the Temple Scroll by
The Temple Scroll, the last of the Dead Sea Scrolls found in 1967, contains two phenomena that are at variance with the Jewish tradition. Professor Jacobs presents a thorough study of ligature writing or "joined letters" and the insertion of both words and phrases between the lines of the text in The Biblical Masorah and the Temple Scroll.
A Critical Study of the Temple Scroll from Qumran Cave 11 by
A study of one of the Qumran texts, examining its characteristics and authorship. The author concludes that the Temple Scroll was an eschatalogical law book, composed around 150 BC by `The Teacher of Righteousness' and not a product of the Qumran community.
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