T&T Clark Companion to the Dead Sea Scrolls
All of the key texts and documents of the Dead Sea Scrolls are examined, methods used to analyse the scrolls are discussed, and they are considered in their various contexts; political, religious, cultural, economic, and historical. The volume concludes with a look at the crucial issues and topics d...
| Summary: | All of the key texts and documents of the Dead Sea Scrolls are examined, methods used to analyse the scrolls are discussed, and they are considered in their various contexts; political, religious, cultural, economic, and historical. The volume concludes with a look at the crucial issues and topics discussed by leading scholars Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Dedication -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part One Background -- 1 Discoveries -- A Handful of Manuscripts from a Deserted Cave -- An Eventful Week and Its Long-Lasting Consequences -- Further Explorations and Successes in the Desert -- A New Player in Town -- Scattered Announcements of Hitherto Unknown Fragments -- Bibliography -- 2 Archaeology of Qumran -- The Archaeological Remains at Qumran -- Chronologies in Contention -- The Relationship between the Settlement of Qumran and the Scrolls -- Conflicting Interpretations of the Archaeology of Qumran -- On the Relationship between Text and Artefact -- The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Bibliography -- 3 The Manuscript Collections: An Overview -- Introduction -- Qumran -- Some of the Other Manuscript Finds -- Bibliography -- 4 Acquisition and Publication -- Discovery, Identification and Acquisition -- Managing the Market -- The First Phase of Publications -- Further Discoveries -- After 1967 -- Conserving the Scrolls -- The Significance of the Scrolls -- Bibliography -- 5 Scholarly and Popular Reception -- Introduction -- The Popularization of the Scrolls -- Copyright, Ownership and 'the Curse of the Scrolls' -- Academic and Scholarly Impact -- Popular and Cultural Impact -- Education and Knowledge Transfer -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Part Two Context -- 6 Ethnicity: A Fresh Religious Context for the Scrolls -- A Brief History of Scholarship -- Ethnicity, not Religion -- Characterizing the People of the Scrolls as an Ethnic (Sub) Group -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 7 The Yahad in the Context of Hellenistic Group Formation -- 'Those Who Freely Volunteer' -- Hellenistic Voluntary Associations -- What (and Why) to Compare? Associations, Private Cult and State Religion -- Bibliography -- 8 The Regional Context of the Dead Sea -- The Iron Age -- The Hellenistic and Early Roman Periods -- Archaeology of the Dead Sea Region -- Burials -- Communications -- Water -- Bibliography -- 9 Qumran and the Ancient Near East -- Scribal Craft in the Visions of Levi -- Enochic Astronomy and Babylonian Celestial Knowledge -- The Myth of the Fallen Watchers and its Late Babylonian Social Context -- Additional Lunar Data and Babylonian 'Lunar Three' Measurements -- Astrology and Physiognomy -- Qumran Dualism and its Origins -- Bibliography -- 10 Scrolls and Early Judaism -- Aramaic, Hebrew and Greek -- Pluralism amongst Elites -- Scribal Practices and the Transmission of Texts -- The Torah and Daily Life -- Prophecy, History and the Present -- Prayer and Worship -- Study -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 11 Scrolls and Early Christianity -- Introduction -- The Scrolls and Methodological Debates on the Jewish Origins of Christianity -- Bible and Biblical Interpretation in the Scrolls and the New Testament -- The Scrolls and the Language of the New Testament -- Literary Traditions in the Scrolls and the Formation of New Testament Texts -- Religious Beliefs in the Scrolls and Early Christianity -- Bibliography -- 12 Scrolls and Hellenistic Jewish Literature: -- Quod Omnis Probus Liber Sit (Every Good Person Is Free) -- The Hypothetica -- Bibliography -- b. Josephus -- Josephus' Source Material -- Josephus' Essenes and the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Bibliography -- c. Other Literature -- Bibliography -- 13 Scrolls and Non-Jewish Hellenistic Literature -- Associations and Philosopher Communities -- The Hellenistic view of Zoroastrianism -- Philosophy -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part Three Methods -- 14 Physicality of Manuscripts and Material Culture -- Materials -- Bibliography 15 Scientific Technologies -- Technologies -- Bibliography -- 16 Reading and Reconstructing Manuscripts -- Bibliography -- 17 Languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek -- Hebrew -- Aramaic -- Greek -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 18 Biblical Scholarship and Qumran Studies -- Introduction -- The Biblical Text -- Rewritten Bible -- Biblical Law and Sectarian Rules -- Biblical Commentaries -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 19 The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Study of the Ancient World -- Scrolls Study since the mid-1990s -- The Concept of 'Antiquity' -- The Scrolls and the Ancient World -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 20 Historiography -- History and Historiography -- Calendrical and Annalistic Texts -- Historical Reviews in the Damascus Document -- Historiography and the 'Teacher' -- History and Memory -- Bibliography -- 21 Social Scientific Approaches -- The Weberian Sociological Tradition -- Way Forward -- Bibliography -- b. Sociolinguistics -- Bibliography -- c. Identity Theory -- Bibliography -- 22 Postmodern Questions and Sexuality Studies -- Sex, Gender, and Boundaries on Scrolls Discourse -- Intimacy and Group Stability in the 1QS Penal Code -- Inclusions and Exclusions -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Part Four Key Texts -- 23 Aramaic Job -- Bibliography -- 24 Aramaic Levi -- Bibliography -- 25 Authoritative Scriptures: Torah and Related Texts -- Bibliography -- 26 Authoritative Scriptures: Prophets and Related Texts -- Bibliography -- 27 Authoritative Scriptures: Writings and Related Texts -- Bibliography -- 28 Authoritative Scriptures: Other Texts -- Case Study: Enochic Booklets -- Case Study: Tobit -- Bibliography -- 29 Barkhi Nafshi -- Bibliography -- 30 Bar Kokhba Letters -- Bibliography -- 31 Beatitudes -- Bibliography -- 32 Berakhot -- Bibliography -- 33 Commentaries on Genesis (4Q252-254) -- Bibliography -- 34 Copper Scroll -- Bibliography 35 Damascus Document (D) -- Bibliography -- 36 Genesis Apocryphon -- Bibliography -- 37 Hodayot (H) -- Bibliography -- 38 Instruction -- Bibliography -- 39 Messianic Apocalypse -- Bibliography -- 40 Mil h. amah (M) -- Bibliography -- 41 Miqsat Maʿaśeh ha-Torah (MMT) -- Bibliography -- 42 Mysteries -- Bibliography -- 43 New Jerusalem -- Genre -- Narrator -- Language and Manuscript Evidence -- Significance -- Bibliography -- 44 Pesharim -- Structure and Organization -- History and Polemic -- Theology and Worldview -- Bibliography -- 45 Rule of Blessings (Sb) -- Bibliography -- 46 Rule of the Congregation (Sa) -- Bibliography -- 47 Serekh ha-Yahad (S) -- Bibliography -- 48 Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice -- Bibliography -- 49 Son of God Text -- Bibliography -- 50 Tan h. umim -- Bibliography -- 51 Temple Scroll -- Bibliography -- 52 Testimonia -- Bibliography -- 53 Wiles of the Wicked Woman -- Bibliography -- 54 Words of the Luminaries -- Bibliography -- Part Five Types of Literature -- 55 Bible -- Authoritative Writings among the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Problematic Manuscript Statistics -- Influence of Traditions -- Changes in Societal Discourse -- Bibliography -- 56 Parabiblical Texts/Rewritten Scripture -- A New Understanding of 'Scripture' -- Dependence on Earlier Scripture -- Terminology -- Future Directions -- Bibliography -- 57 Exegesis and Interpretation -- Reuse of Biblical Idioms and Expressions -- Classification of Biblical Interpretation in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 58 Halakhah -- Halakhic Works Found at Qumran -- Sectarian Halakhah and the Bible -- Legal Exegesis at Qumran -- Qumran Halakhah and Rabbinic Halakhah -- Bibliography -- 59 Rules -- Introduction -- The Scholarly Discourse on Rules -- Rule Texts as a Customary Label for Entire Compositions Rules as Independent Compositions that Have Been Incorporated into a Larger Manuscript -- Serekh Terminology in the Primary Sources -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 60 Poetry and Hymns -- Poetical Genres -- Stylistic Devices -- Why Are Texts Written in Poetry? -- Bibliography -- 61 Liturgical Texts -- Calendrical Rites -- Rituals for Alleviating Affliction -- Rites of Passage -- Feasts and Fasts -- Political Rituals -- Rites of Exchange and Communion -- Features of Liturgical Texts -- Significance of Liturgical Texts -- Bibliography -- 62 Calendars -- Introduction -- The Calendar Hypothesis of Annie Jaubert -- Talmon's Initial Hypothesis -- Overview of the Qumran Calendrical Texts -- Hebrew Liturgical Texts Associated with the Calendar -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 63 Wisdom -- What Is Wisdom? -- What Is Wisdom Literature? -- Bibliography -- 64 Mystical Texts, Magic, and Divination -- Mysticism -- Magic -- Divination -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part Six Issues and Topics -- 65 Patriarchs and Aramaic Traditions -- Who Are the Patriarchs? -- Where Are the Patriarchs? -- Collective Portraits of the Patriarchs -- Patriarchs as a Group -- Bibliography -- 66 Revelation -- What Constitutes Revelation at Qumran? -- Figure -- Interpretation and Prayer -- Location -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 67 God(s), Angels and Demons -- Bibliography -- 68 Eschatologies and Messianisms -- Eschatologies -- Messianisms -- Bibliography -- 69 Jerusalem and the Temple -- Introduction -- Jerusalem as a Locus of the Temple Cult -- Temple and Jerusalem as Representations -- Separation and Identity -- Bibliography -- 70 Purity and Holiness -- Impurity in Israelite Religion -- Purity Concerns in the Dead Sea Scrolls and at Qumran -- Ritual and Moral Impurity -- Impurities and Purifications -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 71 The Scribes of the Scrolls The Different Meanings of 'Scribe' |
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| ISBN: | 0567590224 |