Parabiblical Texts
Strategies for Extending the Scriptures among the Dead Sea Scrolls
Parabiblical Texts
Strategies for Extending the Scriptures among the Dead Sea Scrolls
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781841272429
Number of Pages: 202
Published: 03/05/2007
Width: 15.6 cm
Height: 23.4 cm
This book introduces the reader to a fascinating genre of writings that retell biblical narratives in various ways. They reflect the concerns and methods of early Jewish interpreters of Scripture. Daniel Falk surveys the content and major scholarly issues of three key examples: Genesis Apocryphon (1QapGen), Reworked Pentateuch (4Q158, 364-5), and Commentary to Genesis (4Q252-4). Particular attention is paid to exploring why and how the authors interpret the Scriptural text in their distinctive ways. The book traces continuity and discontinuity with other Jewish and Christian traditions, and reflects on the significance of these texts for the status of Scripture and the boundary between Scripture and interpretation. Drawing on the latest research and reconstructions of the texts, and with extensive bibliographies, this is an authoritative guide for the student or the non-specialist scholar.
Preface; Abbreviations Editions; Translations and Bibliographies; 1. Introduction Genre of Rewritten Bible Scripture and Tradition; 2. Genesis Apocryphon (1QapGen) Physical description Date and provenance Content; 3. Reworked Pentateuch (4Q158, 364-5) Physical description Date and provenance Content; 4. Commentary to Genesis (4Q252-4) Physical description Date and provenance Content; 5. Comparative Traditions; 6. Scripture and Tradition; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors.
"Falk has succeeded in making significant Second Temple research available for specialists and other interested readers." 32.5 (2008)--Sanford Lakoff "Journal for The Study of the Old Testament "
