4QInstruction: division and hierarchies
Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Maśkîl and Mēvîn -- Spirit and Flesh -- Torah and Mysteries -- Concluding Remarks -- Plate Section -- Plate section -- Back Matter -- Bibliography.
| Summary: | Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Maśkîl and Mēvîn -- Spirit and Flesh -- Torah and Mysteries -- Concluding Remarks -- Plate Section -- Plate section -- Back Matter -- Bibliography. In 4QInstruction: Divisions and Hierarchies , Benjamin Wold challenges the interpretation of 4QInstruction as a deterministic and dualistic composition. In a re-examination of key fragments he offers new reconstructions and translations that indicate 4QInstruction envisaged wisdom available to all humanity, divisions among humankind and communities as the result of individual adherence to wisdom, and a hierarchy of authority as a result of individual merit Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. Maśkîl and Mēvîn; 1. First-Person Speech; 1.1. First-Person Speech in 4Q418 55 and 4Q418 69 ii (+60); 1.2. Speech of a Maśkîl in 4Q418 222+221, 238; 2. Occurrences of משכיל in 4QInstruction; 2.1. Maśkîl in 4Q416 2 i Line 22-4Q416 2 ii Line 17; 2.2. Maśkîl in 4Q417 1 i Lines 18b-27; 2.3. Maśkîl in 4Q418 81+81a Lines 15-20; 3. Maśkîl in Qumran Discoveries; 3.1. Summary of Maśkîl in 4QInstruction and Other Qumran Discoveries; 4. Addressee as Maśkîl in 4Q418 81+81a Lines 1-14 |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 9004364242 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004364240 |