The preamble to the Damascus Document. A composite edition of 4Q266 - 4Q268
The three manuscripts of the Dead Sea Scrolls contain a preamble absent in Schecter's 19101 edition of the Genizah version (CD). The question arises what is new in the Dead Sea Scroll version which is not available in the Genizah version. Does the new material merely confirm what has been conve...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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College
1998
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Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
Year: 1998, Volume: 69, Pages: 31-47 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Damaskusschrift (Qumran Scrolls)
/ 4Q266
/ 4Q267
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| IxTheo Classification: | HD Early Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
4Q268
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | The three manuscripts of the Dead Sea Scrolls contain a preamble absent in Schecter's 19101 edition of the Genizah version (CD). The question arises what is new in the Dead Sea Scroll version which is not available in the Genizah version. Does the new material merely confirm what has been conventionally accepted or do they present a new vision of the Damascus Document? This publication argues for the latter. It differs from previous editions in four respects. It presents a text of the beginning of the Damascus Document that systematically synthesizes the evidence from the three manuscripts found in Qumran. It reconstructs the material in order to make what is highly fragmentary intelligible. It reveals in the beginning of the work the central idea of the composition, namely that it links itself to the Book of Jubilees. It presents an English translation transforming this classical work from a historical composition to an eschatological treatise for the end of days. |
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| ISSN: | 0360-9049 |
| Contains: | In: Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
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