The Qumran Opisthograph 4Q509/4Q496/4Q506 as an Intentional Collection of Prayers

4Q509/4Q496/4Q506 is the only opisthograph from Qumran with extant evidence for three different compositions: the recto preserves a copy of Festival Prayers (4Q509), and the verso contains copies of the War Scroll (4Q496) and Words of the Luminaries (4Q506). This article investigates the circumstanc...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Aksu, Ayhan 1988- (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
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Έκδοση: 2022
Στο/Στη: Dead Sea discoveries
Έτος: 2022, Τόμος: 29, Τεύχος: 3, Σελίδες: 292-324
Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών:B 4Q509 / Kriegsrolle (Qumrantexte) / 4Q506 / 4Q504 / Worte der Lichter / Συλλογή
Σημειογραφίες IxTheo:HD Πρώιμος Ιουδαϊσμός
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Words of the Luminaries
B Opistograph
B opisthograph
B Dead Sea Scrolls
B Reading Culture
B Liturgy
B Collection
B Festival Prayers
B Παράσταση (τέχνες)
B Scribal Practices
B War Scroll
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Σύνοψη:4Q509/4Q496/4Q506 is the only opisthograph from Qumran with extant evidence for three different compositions: the recto preserves a copy of Festival Prayers (4Q509), and the verso contains copies of the War Scroll (4Q496) and Words of the Luminaries (4Q506). This article investigates the circumstances under which these texts were written down together, and explores a potential performative setting for this manuscript. Palaeographic and codicological examination indicates that the manuscript preserves extracts of these three compositions and shares similar scribal features on both the recto and verso. Literary and form-critical analysis suggests a performative context for Festival Prayers, Words of the Luminaries, and the War Scroll. Based on these considerations, I argue that different scribes wrote 4Q509, 4Q496, and 4Q506 intentionally together in order to create a liturgical collection on a single manuscript—highlighting the scribe as a collectionneur that purposely selected passages from different texts that were of importance.
ISSN:1568-5179
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: Dead Sea discoveries
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685179-02903001