Rewriting and interpreting the hebrew bible: the biblical patriarchs in the light of the dead sea scrolls
The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the...
| Summary: | The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into the Old Testament, focusing on the Hebrew Bible, its early and later forms in Ancient Judaism, as well as its branching into many neighboring cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world. Intro -- Preface -- The Bible Interpreting Itself -- Textual Harmonization in the Stories of the Patriarchs -- Where Are the Patriarchs in the Literature of Qumran? -- The First Patriarchs: Law and Narrative in the Garden of Eden Story -- The Flood as a Preamble to the Lives of the Patriarchs: The Perspective of Qumran Hebrew Texts -- The Flood as a Preamble to the Lives of the Patriarchs: The Biblical Perspective -- Sodom and Gomorrah: From the Bible to Qumran -- Jacob and His House in the Scrolls from Qumran -- With My Sword and Bow: Jacob as Warrior in Jubilees -- Levi, the Levites, and the Law -- The Burial of the Fathers in the 'Visions ofAmram from Qumran. -- The Patriarchs and Halakhah in the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Shabbat, Circumcision and Circumcision on Shabbat in Jubilees and the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Index. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (307 pages) |
| ISBN: | 3110290553 |