“The Final Priests of Jerusalem” and “The Mouth of the Priest”: Eschatology and Literary History in Pesher Habakkuk

This article argues that 1QpHab 2:5–10 and 1QpHab 9:3–7 are later additions to Pesher Habakkuk. As these are the only passages in Pesher Habakkuk which explicitly refer to “the latter days,” I propose that these additions constitute an explicitly eschatological literary layer, which was presumably a...

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Published in:Dead Sea discoveries
Main Author: Hartog, Pieter B. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Dead Sea discoveries
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Habakukkommentar (Qumran Scrolls) / Text revision / Eschatology
IxTheo Classification:HD Early Judaism
NBQ Eschatology
Further subjects:B Pesher Habakkuk Eschatology Textual Fluidity Literary History
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Summary:This article argues that 1QpHab 2:5–10 and 1QpHab 9:3–7 are later additions to Pesher Habakkuk. As these are the only passages in Pesher Habakkuk which explicitly refer to “the latter days,” I propose that these additions constitute an explicitly eschatological literary layer, which was presumably added to Pesher Habakkuk in the Herodian era. This literary development of Pesher Habakkuk demonstrates that the Pesharim are no static entities, but partake in a living and fluid interpretative tradition.
ISSN:1568-5179
Contains:Enthalten in: Dead Sea discoveries
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685179-12341411