RT Article
T1 Reassessing the Dream-Vision of the Vision of Amram (4Q543–547)
JF Journal for the study of the pseudepigrapha
VO 24
IS 1
SP 3
OP 42
A1 Jurgens, Blake A.
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/177701977X
AB The Vision of Amram has been interpreted by many as a prime example of dualistic theology, portraying two ostensibly antagonistic figures contending over having authority over the person of Amram. This study pushes against this interpretation and instead recontextualizes Amram's otherworldly experience with a greater emphasis on both the surrounding episodes of the composition as well as the identification of Melchizedek—a figure with intricate ties to priestly legitimacy—as the oppositionary figure up against the ominous Melchiresha in the dream-vision. In this fashion, this study concludes that the dream-vision of Amram represents an either–or choice in which the protagonist is required to choose between a legitimate or a corrupted priesthood. Moreover, Amram's vision thus stands as a metaphorical depiction of an underlying historical conflict between two priestly groups, an image which the latter Qumranites certainly reappropriated to their own historical situation.
K1 priestly inheritance
K1 endogamy
K1 Melchiresha
K1 Melchizedek
K1 Vision of Amram
DO 10.1177/0951820714558760